rijp
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛi̯p/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rijp
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯p
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ripe, from Old Dutch rīpi, from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpiz.
Adjective
rijp (comparative rijper, superlative rijpst)
- ripe (of fruit etc.)
- Antonym: onrijp
Usage notes
- When referring to humans, this adjective often has sexual connotations; i.e. een rijpe vrouw refers to a sexually mature woman.
Declension
| Declension of rijp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | rijp | |||
| inflected | rijpe | |||
| comparative | rijper | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | rijp | rijper | het rijpst het rijpste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | rijpe | rijpere | rijpste |
| n. sing. | rijp | rijper | rijpste | |
| plural | rijpe | rijpere | rijpste | |
| definite | rijpe | rijpere | rijpste | |
| partitive | rijps | rijpers | — | |
Derived terms
- geslachtsrijp
- onrijp
- overrijp
- plukrijp
- rijpen
- rijpheid
- vroegrijp
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch ripe, from Old Dutch *rīpo, from the oblique stem of Proto-Germanic *hrīmô. Compare English rime.
Noun
rijp m (uncountable)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
rijp
- inflection of rijpen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative