raaf

(Engels)

1. (feminine, masculine) raven (Corvus corax)
2. (feminine, masculine) A raven, term used for certain other large birds of the genus Corvus.
3. (Suriname, feminine, masculine) synonym of ara (“macaw”)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/raːf/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: rāve

Overgenomen van Old Dutch: ravan

In summary

From Middle Dutch rāve, formed by rebracketing from the older singular form rāven which was reinterpreted as a plural; the singular raven (plural ravens or ravenen) persisted in some dialects until at least the eighteenth century, well beyond the Middle Dutch period. The Middle Dutch furthermore descends from Old Dutch ravan, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.

Synoniemen

kraai

Vertalingen

raven

Rabe

corvo

corbeau

cuervo

kruk

corvo

corb

corvus

còrb

Kolkrabe

κοράκι

kuzgun

κόρακας

grand corbeau