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German
Etymology
Via Low German/German Low German from Middle Low German rīve (“rake”), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *hrīban (“to rake, scratch”). Cognate with Dutch rijf (“rake”), Old Norse hrīfa (“rake”), Old English hrīfnian.
Pronunciation
Noun
Riefe f (genitive Riefe, plural Riefen)
- groove (narrow channel; often one of several parallel ones)
- Synonym: Rille
Declension
- riffeln (through secondary conflation)