reep

From Middle Dutch rep, reep, from Old Dutch reip, rēp, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”). Cognate with Low German Reep, German Reif (“ring, hoop”), West Frisian reap, English rope, and Icelandic reipi (“rope”).

• IPA^(key): /reːp/

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• Hyphenation: reep
• Rhymes: -eːp

reep m (plural repen, diminutive reepje n)

1. a strip, resulting from ripping, cutting etc.
2. a rope
3. a hoop, ring
4. an edible bar, esp. a candy bar

• (strip): strook
• (rope): touw
• (hoop): hoepel

• Afrikaans: reep

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