Trespe
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German trefs, trefse, later trebse and variants, from Proto-Germanic *drab, *dreb, probably related to *drabaz (“dregs”).[1]
As in Wespe (“wasp”), forms with -sp- are found chiefly in northern, Low and Central German, varieties; compare Middle Low German drespe. Related to Dutch dravik.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Trespe f (genitive Trespe, plural Trespen)
- cheat grass; bromegrass; chess (kind of grass growing in fields of corn or grain)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Trespe [feminine]
References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dravik”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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