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German
Etymology
From Middle High German rouben, from Old High German roubōn, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
rauben (weak, third-person singular present raubt, past tense raubte, past participle geraubt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, transitive) to rob, to steal (criminal act)
- (figuratively) to rob, to deprive
- 1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 13:
Der Zerfall des Römerreiches raubte der Stadt Rom die alte Stellung als Mittelpunkt alles Geschehens.- The decay of the Roman empire robbed the city of Rome of the old position as the center of all that was happening.
- to take away
Conjugation
Conjugation of
rauben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
rauben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rauben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rauben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rauben” in Duden online
- “rauben” in OpenThesaurus.de