robben

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɔbə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɔbən === Noun === robben plural of rob == German == === Etymology === Compare Robbe (“seal”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔbən/ (Northern, Central) IPA(key): [ˈʁɔ.m̩], [ˈʁɔ.b(ə)n] (South-Western) IPA(key): [ˈʁɔ.bə] (Bavaria) IPA(key): [ˈro.b(ə)n] (Rhinelandic, Ripuarian) IPA(key): [ˈʁɔb.bən] === Verb === robben (weak, third-person singular present robbt, past tense robbte, past participle gerobbt, auxiliary haben) (when applied to humans) to creep, to crawl; to move on ground level, lying flatly on the stomach with the help of one's forearms or elbows (when applied to seals) describing the typical movement of a seal on land; to galumph ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Robbe (“seal”) ==== See also ==== krabbeln (also meaning "crawl", but on a higher level, using one's knees and hands as a support to move on all fours) === Further reading === “robben” in Duden online “robben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === robb, robbe, robyn, ruby robbyn (East Anglia); robbi, robby (Kent, Southern, Southwest Midland) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman robber, rober, from Frankish *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reven. The expected Middle English form would be /ˈrɔːbən/; the short vowel is probably by analogy with robberie, robbour. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔbən/ === Verb === robben (third-person singular simple present robbeth, present participle robbende, robbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle robbed) To steal, rob, or pilfer; to illegally or forcibly confiscate. To loot, despoil, ravage; to bring to ruin. (figurative) To snatch; to cause to lose (an abstract concept) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== robberie robbour robbynge ==== Descendants ==== English: rob Scots: rob ==== References ==== == West Frisian == === Noun === robben plural of robbe