groep

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch groep, possibly via French gruppo, from Italian gruppo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χrup/
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Noun

groep (plural groepe, diminutive groepie)

  1. group

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian gruppo, though possibly borrowed via French groupe. Doublet of krop.

Pronunciation

Noun

groep f or m (plural groepen, diminutive groepje n)

  1. group
    • 1604, Karel Van Mander, Het schilder-boeck, publ. by Jacob Pietersz. Wachter (print from 1618), page 112.
      Hier is ſeer aerdich uytgebeeldt een grouwelijck Zee-onweder / daer oock noch ander Schepen en Schuyten vande felle winden worden bevochten / ſeer wel en met grooter aendacht ghedaen: ghelijck oock is eenen groep beelden in de locht / in verſcheyden ghedaenten van quade gheeſten / die als Winden blaſen / om 't Schip / dat door de raſende golven met riemen crachtelijck wort geroeyt / te beletten.
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  2. circuit in an electrical installation, protected by a circuit breaker

Usage notes

In Belgium the word normally takes the masculine gender. The feminine gender may still occur in formal Dutch from the Netherlands.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: groep
  • Caribbean Javanese: grup
  • Indonesian: grup
  • West Frisian: groep

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch groep.

Noun

groep c (plural groepen, diminutive groepke)

  1. group

Derived terms

Further reading

  • groep (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011