klauen

(Inglese)

to steal

Frequenza

B2
Dialetti

Cantone dei Grigioni

Cantone dei Grigioni

muggä

Dati forniti da: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈklaʊ̯ən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From earlier kläuen, from Middle High German kleuen, klæwen, from Old High German klawēn, chlawēn, klawjan, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną. Later remodelled after and related to Klaue (“claw”), that is “to grab with one’s claws”. The sense “to steal” originated in West Central German and Low Franconian, and is supposed to have been spread among soldiers during World War I.

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