Grippe

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See also: grippe and grippé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French grippe (“influenza”), from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, whence German greifen. Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɪpə/
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Noun

Grippe f (genitive Grippe, plural Grippen)

  1. flu; influenza; grippe.
    Synonym: (medical) Influenza

Declension

Declension of Grippe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Grippe die Grippen
genitive einer der Grippe der Grippen
dative einer der Grippe den Grippen
accusative eine die Grippe die Grippen

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Grippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Grippe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Grippe” in Duden online
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