Grippe

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See also: grippe and grippé

German

Etymology

From French grippe (“influenza”), from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, whence German greifen. Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɪpə/
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Noun

Grippe f (genitive Grippe, plural Grippen)

  1. flu; influenza; grippe.

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