Contionary:grejpen

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Eburonian

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Eburonian greipen, greipn, griepen, griepn, from Old Eburonian gripan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan. Cognate with German greifen, Dutch grijpen, English gripe.

Verb

grejpen (strong, third-person singular present grejpth, past tense griep, past participle gegriepen, auxiliary haven)

  1. (transitive) to grab; to grasp; to grip
    Ej griep hem. — I grabbed him.
  2. (transitive) to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)
    Hast'u zes pupp gegriepen? — Did you snatch her doll?

Conjugation