ramponieren

Betekenis (Engels)

to damage severely; to destroy

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/rampoˈniːrən/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

18th c., from Low German, from Middle Low German ramponēren, from Middle Dutch ramponeren (whence Dutch rampeneren), from Old French ramposner (“to taunt”), of uncertain derivation. The semantic development under influence of Middle Dutch ramp (“harm, calamity, catastrophe”).

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