Raub

From Middle High German roup, from Old High German roub, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz (“rape, pillage; spoils; garment, robe”). Cognate with German Raub (“robbery”), Dutch roof (“robbery”), English reif (“robbery”).

Raub m

1. (Uri) harvest yield

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.

From Middle High German roup, from Old High German roub, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.

• IPA^(key): /ʁaʊ̯p/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯p

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Raub m (strong, genitive Raubes or Raubs, plural Raube)

1. robbery, heist
2. deprivation

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From northern Middle High German rūpe, from Middle Low German rūpe, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and related to *raupijaną (“to pluck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʊ̯p/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯p
• Syllabification: Raub

Raub f (plural Rauve, diminutive Raubche)

1. caterpillar

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary