wreef

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vreːf/ Hyphenation: wreef Rhymes: -eːf === Etymology 1 === With final -f influenced by wrijven (“to rub”), from dialectal wreeg, from Middle Dutch *wrēghe, unattested variant of wrijghe, wrijch (“instep”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrīhan-. Cognate with Low German Wree, Old High German rīho (“knee; back of knee”), whence dialectal German Reihen (“instep”). ==== Noun ==== wreef f (plural wreven, diminutive wreefje n) (anatomy) instep === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== wreef singular past indicative of wrijven