Reif
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See also: reif
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German reif, from Old High German reif (“belt, strap, cord, ring, hoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“band, cord, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”).
Doublet of nautical Reep (from Low German). Further cognate with Dutch reep, English rope, Icelandic reipi.
Noun
Reif m (strong or mixed, genitive Reifes or Reifs, plural Reife or Reifen)
Declension
Declension of Reif [masculine, strong // mixed]
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle High German rīfe, from Old High German rīfo.
Noun
Reif m (strong, genitive Reifes or Reifs, no plural)
- frost, hoar frost (cover of minute ice crystals on a surface)
- Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
- Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht,
er fiel auf die bunten Blaublümelein,
sie sind verwelket, verdorret.- Hoarfrost fell in a night in spring,
it fell on the colourful blue blossoms,
they withered away, dried up.
- Hoarfrost fell in a night in spring,
- Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
Declension
Declension of Reif [sg-only, masculine, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Reif” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Pronunciation
Noun
Reif m (plural Reif)
Related terms
Further reading
Etymology
Backformation from the plural, from German Reifen, from Proto-West Germanic *raip (“band, strip”).
Noun
Reif f (plural Reifen)
- tire (rubber)
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