Trespe

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German trefs, trefse, later trebse and variants, from Proto-Germanic *drab, *dreb, probably related to *drabaz (dregs).

As in Wespe (wasp), forms with -sp- are found chiefly in northern, Low and Central German, varieties; compare Middle Low German drespe. Related to Dutch dravik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛspə/
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Noun

Trespe f (genitive Trespe, plural Trespen)

  1. cheat grass; bromegrass; chess (kind of grass growing in fields of corn or grain)

Declension

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dravik”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute