Rübe
German (Berlin)
/ˈryːbə/
noun
Definitions
- beet, turnip
- (colloquial) head, bonce, noggin
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German rüebe, ruobe derived from Old High German ruoba (turnip, rape) inherited from Proto-Germanic *rōbǭ, *rēbǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rēbǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Raabe English
- rapistrum Latin
- rāpa Latin
- rāpum Latin
- Kohl German
- Kohlrübe German
- Mohre German
- Mohrrübe German
- Rabe German
- Rabengekrächze German
- Rabenmutter German
- Rabenvater German
- Runkel German
- Runkelrübe German
- Speise German
- Speiserübe German
- Zucker German
- Zuckerrübe German
- Zuckerrübensirup German
- pechrabenschwarz German
- répa Hungarian
- rapa Italian
- репа Russian
- raposa Spanish, Castilian
- ῥάπυς Ancient Greek
- *(s)rā́ps Proto-Indo-European
- *rap Proto-Indo-European
- *rap- Proto-Indo-European
- *rēbǭ Proto-Germanic
- *rōbǭ Proto-Germanic
- rova Swedish
- rzepa Polish
- *rěpa Proto-Slavic
- řepa Czech
- řípa Czech
- repa Serbo-Croatian
- репа Serbo-Croatian
- rabosa Catalan, Valencian
- rap Catalan, Valencian
- rauðrófa Icelandic
- rófa Icelandic
- rófubein Icelandic
- sykurrófa Icelandic
- ریواس Persian
- rape Middle Dutch
- ruoba Old High German
- ряпа Bulgarian
- raben Middle High German
- ruobe Middle High German
- rüebe Middle High German
- rüebe, ruobe Middle High German
- rābe Middle High German
- Ribb Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- rrepë Albanian
- rabo Old Portuguese
- репа Macedonian
- Rääbe Alemannic German
- Rääbeliechtli Alemannic German
- rova Old Swedish
- rabu Asturian
- râf Friulian
- rabo Old Spanish
- rabosa Old Spanish
- rava Venetian
- rab Volapük
- rava Ligurian
- *(h)rabā́š Proto-Iranian
- ruab Mòcheno
- Gehlrieb Pennsylvania German
- Rieb Pennsylvania German
- Rotrieb Pennsylvania German
- gehl Pennsylvania German
- *rabaθaʰ Old Persian
- rava Piedmontese