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robben

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See also: Robben

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔbə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbən

Noun

robben

  1. plural of rob

German

Etymology

Compare Robbe (seal).

Pronunciation

Verb

robben (weak, third-person singular present robbt, past tense robbte, past participle gerobbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (when applied to humans) to creep, to crawl; to move on ground level, lying flatly on the stomach with the help of one's forearms or elbows
  2. (when applied to seals) describing the typical movement of a seal on land; to galumph

Conjugation

See also

  • krabbeln (also meaning "crawl", but on a higher level, using one's knees and hands as a support to move on all fours)

Further reading

  • robben” in Duden online
  • robben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Middle English

West Frisian

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