reep

Betekenis (English)

1. (masculine) a strip, resulting from ripping, cutting etc.
2. (masculine) a rope
3. (masculine) a hoop, ring
4. (masculine) an edible bar, esp. a candy bar

Synonyms

strook

streep

band

strip

wapenbalk

windsel

stuk

hoepel

blok

staaf

staafje

stang

stok

streek

touw

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velg

tonnenband

briket

haal

lijn

ondergoed

schrap

schreef

slof

snoer

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/reːp/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelnederlands: rep

Inherited from Old Dutch: reip

Cognate with Nedersaksisch: Reep

Cognate with Duits: Reif

Cognate with Fries: reap

Cognate with Engels: rope

Cognate with IJslands: reipi

In summary

From Middle Dutch rep, reep, from Old Dutch reip, rēp, from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *roypnós (“strap, band, rope”).
Cognates
Cognate with Low German Reep, German Reif (“ring, hoop”), West Frisian reap, English rope, and Icelandic reipi (“rope”).