raffen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German raffen, reffen, from Old High German *hraffon (to snatch, seize).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁafn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -afn̩

Verb

raffen (weak, third-person singular present rafft, past tense raffte, past participle gerafft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to snatch up, grasp
  2. (colloquial) to understand
    Synonyms: verstehen; see also Thesaurus:begreifen

Conjugation

Further reading

  • raffen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • raffen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • raffen” in Duden online
  • raffen” in OpenThesaurus.de