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robben

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See also: Robben

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rɔbə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbən

Noun

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robben

  1. plural of rob

German

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Etymology

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Compare Robbe (seal).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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robben (weak, third-person singular present robbt, past tense robbte, past participle gerobbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (when applied to humans) to creep, to crawl; to move on ground level, lying flatly on the stomach with the help of one's forearms or elbows
  2. (when applied to seals) describing the typical movement of a seal on land; to galumph

Conjugation

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See also

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  • krabbeln (also meaning "crawl", but on a higher level, using one's knees and hands as a support to move on all fours)

Further reading

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  • robben” in Duden online
  • robben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Anglo-Norman robber, rober, from Frankish *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reven.

The expected Middle English form would be /ˈrɔːbən/; the short vowel is probably by analogy with robberie, robbour.[1]

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Verb

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robben (third-person singular simple present robbeth, present participle robbende, robbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle robbed)

  1. To steal, rob, or pilfer; to illegally or forcibly confiscate.[2]
  2. To loot, despoil, ravage; to bring to ruin.
  3. (figurative) To snatch; to cause to lose (an abstract concept)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: rob
  • Scots: rob

References

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  1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.81, page 143.
  2. ^ robben, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

West Frisian

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Noun

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robben

  1. plural of robbe