groep

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch groep, possibly via French gruppo, from Italian gruppo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /χrup/
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Noun[edit]

groep (plural groepe, diminutive groepie)

  1. group

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably borrowed from Italian gruppo, though possibly borrowed via French groupe. Doublet of krop.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

groep f or m (plural groepen, diminutive groepje n)

  1. group
    • 1604, Karel Van Mander, Het schilder-boeck, publ. by Jacob Pietersz. Wachter (print from 1618), page 112.
      Hier is ſeer aerdich uytgebeeldt een grouwelijck Zee-onweder / daer oock noch ander Schepen en Schuyten vande felle winden worden bevochten / ſeer wel en met grooter aendacht ghedaen: ghelijck oock is eenen groep beelden in de locht / in verſcheyden ghedaenten van quade gheeſten / die als Winden blaſen / om 't Schip / dat door de raſende golven met riemen crachtelijck wort geroeyt / te beletten.
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  2. circuit in an electrical installation, protected by a circuit breaker

Usage notes[edit]

In Belgium the word normally takes the masculine gender. The feminine gender may still occur in formal Dutch from the Netherlands.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: groep
  • → Caribbean Javanese: grup
  • → Indonesian: grup
  • → West Frisian: groep

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch groep.

Noun[edit]

groep c (plural groepen, diminutive groepke)

  1. group

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Further reading[edit]

  • “groep (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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