Raub

See also: raub

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German roup, from Old High German roub, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz (“rape, pillage; spoils; garment, robe”). Cognate with German Raub (“robbery”), Dutch roof (“robbery”), English reif (“robbery”).

Noun

Raub m

1. (Uri) harvest yield

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 29.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German roup, from Old High German roub, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaʊ̯p/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯p

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Noun

Raub m (strong, genitive Raubes or Raubs, plural Raube)

1. robbery, heist
2. deprivation

Declension

Declension of Raub [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Raub	die	Raube
genitive	eines	des	Raubes, Raubs	der	Raube
dative	einem	dem	Raub, Raube1	den	Rauben
accusative	einen	den	Raub	die	Raube

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Bankraub
• Brautraub
• Frauenraub (“abduction”)
• Geldraub
• Goldraub
• Juwelenraub
• Mundraub
• rauben
• Räuber
• Räuberei
• Raubgut
• Raubkopie
• Raubritter
• Raubtier
• Raubüberfall
• Raubvogel
• Raubwanze
• Samenraub
• Straßenraub

Further reading

• “Raub” in Duden online
• “Raub” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From northern Middle High German rūpe, from Middle Low German rūpe, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and related to *raupijaną (“to pluck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʊ̯p/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯p
• Syllabification: Raub

Noun

Raub f (plural Rauve, diminutive Raubche)

1. caterpillar

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Raub”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch