grap

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic *grabą (“grave”). Cognate with German Grab, English grave.

Noun

grap n (plural gréebar)

1. (Sette Comuni) grave, tomb

   De gréebar hobüutent d'ögnarn tòoten. ― Tombs guard our dead.

Related terms

• graaban
• graabo

References

• “grap” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Dutch

Etymology

Related to grijpen. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɑp/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: grap
• Rhymes: -ɑp

Noun

grap f (plural grappen, diminutive grapje n)

1. joke

   Synonyms: grol, fattoe, mop

2. (often diminutive) an adverse event or unnecessary item that incurs a considerable cost

Derived terms

• grapjas
• grappen
• grappenmaakster
• grappenmaker
• grappig

See also

• fattoe
• grol

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German grap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈɡrap/

Noun

grap n (genitive grabes, plural grap or greber)

1. grave
   • 12-13th century. In: Tristan von Meister Gotfrit von Straszburg mit der Fortsetzung des Meisters Ulrich von Turheim in zwey Abtheilungen herausgegeben von E. von Groote, Berlin, 1821, page 387:

     Ist ez, als i'z vernomen habe,
     Ich wene, so waren der grabe zwei.

Declension

Declension of grap (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	grap	diu	grap
genitive	eines	dës	grabes	dër	grabe
dative	eime	dëm	grabe	dën	graben
accusative	ein	daȥ	grap	diu	grap

Declension of grap (strong neuter with plural in -er)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	grap	diu	greber
genitive	eines	dës	grabes	dër	greber
dative	eime	dëm	grabe	dën	grebern
accusative	ein	daȥ	grap	diu	greber

Descendants

• Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav

  Hunsrik: Graab

  Luxembourgish: Graf

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: grap

• East Central German:

  Vilamovian: graob, grob

• East Franconian:
• German: Grab
• Rhine Franconian: Grab

  Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]

• Yiddish: גרוב (grub)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *graipu, from Proto-Germanic *graipō, related to *grīpaną (“to grasp, grab”).

Cognate with Middle Low German grēpe, Middle Dutch grepe (Dutch greep), Old High German greifa, Old Norse greip (Swedish grep and Danish greb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɑːp/

Noun

grāp f

1. grip, grasp, clutches

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	grāp	grāpa, grāpe
accusative	grāpe	grāpa, grāpe
genitive	grāpe	grāpa
dative	grāpe	grāpum

Related terms

• *grǣpe

Descendants

• Middle English: grop (attested in Middle English gropnail)
  • English: grope
  • Scots: graip
    • → Irish: graeipe, graeip, grápa, grápán
    • → Scottish Gaelic: gràpa

Old High German

Noun

grap n

1. alternative form of grab

Descendants

• Middle High German: grap
  • Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav

    Hunsrik: Graab

    Luxembourgish: Graf

  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: grap

  • East Central German:

    Vilamovian: graob, grob

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Grab
  • Rhine Franconian: Grab

    Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]

  • Yiddish: גרוב (grub)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English graph, clipping of graphic formula.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾap/ [ˈɡɾap̚]
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: grap

Noun

grap (Baybayin spelling ᜄ᜔ᜇᜉ᜔)

1. graph

   Synonym: grapika

Related terms

• anagrama
• awtobiyograpiya
• awtograp
• biyograpiya
• dayagram
• diyagrama
• estenograpiya
• gramar
• gramaryan
• gramatika
• gramatikal
• gramatiko
• gramopono
• grapema
• grapika
• grapiko
• grapito
• grapologo
• grapolohiya
• historyograpiya
• historyograpo
• kablegrama
• kaligrapo
• kartograpo
• mekanograpiya
• mekanograpo
• mimeograp
• ortograpiya
• programa
• telegrama
• telegrapika
• telegrapista
• telegrapiya
• telegrapo

Further reading

• “grap”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025