Trespe
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns