Rap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rap"

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Proper noun

Rap

1. (slang, attributive) The Rapaport Diamond Report, the diamond industry standard for the pricing of diamonds.
   • 1996, Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, volume 167, numbers 4-6, page 38:

     He makes good sense. However, I must comment on "CSO prices rough diamonds to its sightholders based on the Rap List." It does not. It doesn't use the list.

   • 2017, Herman Neuman, Secrets of Diamonds:

     Soon after the Diamond Certificate came into being, Mr Martin Rapaport edited and published a regular weekly paper based on these official certificates. […] The Rap price is usually way off sometimes by as much as 30% or more.

Anagrams

• APR, ARP, Apr, Apr., Arp, PAR, PRA, Par, RPA, apr, arp, par

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁæp/ (official standard, but virtually non-existent)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• IPA^(key): /ʁɛp/ (most common Germanised pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /ɹɛp/ (many speakers, approximating English pronunciation)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Wrap (not always)
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

Rap m (strong, genitive Raps, plural Raps)

1. (uncountable) rap, rap music (music style)
2. (countable) rap (song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music)

Declension

Declension of Rap [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rap	die	Raps
genitive	eines	des	Raps	der	Raps
dative	einem	dem	Rap	den	Raps
accusative	einen	den	Rap	die	Raps

Related terms

• rappen
• Rapper

Further reading

• “Rap” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Rap” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Rap” in Duden online
• “Rap” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Rap on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de