rauben
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See also: Rauben
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German rouben, from Old High German roubōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ˈʁaʊ̯bm̩], [ˈʁaʊ̯bən]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: rau‧ben
- Rhymes: -aʊ̯bn̩
Verb
[edit]rauben (weak, third-person singular present raubt, past tense raubte, past participle geraubt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, transitive) to rob, to steal (criminal act)
- (figuratively) to rob, to deprive
- 1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:
- Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.
- The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.
- 1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:
- to take away
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | rauben | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | raubend | ||||
| past participle | geraubt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich raube | wir rauben | i | ich raube | wir rauben |
| du raubst | ihr raubt | du raubest | ihr raubet | ||
| er raubt | sie rauben | er raube | sie rauben | ||
| preterite | ich raubte | wir raubten | ii | ich raubte1 | wir raubten1 |
| du raubtest | ihr raubtet | du raubtest1 | ihr raubtet1 | ||
| er raubte | sie raubten | er raubte1 | sie raubten1 | ||
| imperative | raub (du) raube (du) |
raubt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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