ripe

(Englisch)

Adj

1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
6. (colloquial) Ready, willing, eager.
7. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
8. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
9. Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
10. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

Noun

A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Verb

To ripen or mature

Noun

The bank of a river.

Verb

To search; to rummage.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɹaɪp/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: ripe

Geerbt von Altenglisch: rīpe

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: ryp

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: rijp

Verwandt mit Deutsch: reif

In summary

From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.

Konzepte

reif

erwachsen

ausgewachsen

mündig

reiflich

sorgfältig

überfällig

vollendet

wohlüberlegt

zeitig

ausgebaut

ausgereift

hellbraun

Lesereife

orange

🍊

technische reife

durchgebildet

gar

goldgelb

Synonyme

mature

cooked

done

mellow

ripen

juicy

soft

red

ready

ripened

matured

adult

🧑

fully developed

full-grown

edible

prepared

old

🧓

cook

🧑‍🍳

good

👍

advanced

hard

overripe

permanent

right

solid

substantial

succulent

be tender

well-cooked

make ripe

ready for harvest

developed

delicate

middleaged

consummated

orange

🍊

fully ripe

perfected

be ripe

plump

poised

precious

prepare

completed

primed

pure

complete

ready for action

clean

rich

🤑

Sätze

It was just ripe enough to eat .

Es war gerade reif genug zu essen.

Ripe pears are fit for a queen's table .

Reife Birnen sind für einen Königinstisch geeignet.