Grippe

flu; influenza; grippe.

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

grippe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʁɪpə/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: grippe

Cognate with German: greifen

In summary

Borrowed from French grippe (“influenza”), from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, whence German greifen. Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”).

Concepts

influenza

flu

cold

🥶

grippe

casein

the flu

common cold

grip

Synonyms

Influenza

Erkältung

🥶

Virusgrippe

Wunder

Erstaunen

Verwunderung

Kopfgrippe

Translations

grippe

gripe

griep

influenza

grypa

gripe

grip

grip

influenza

γρίπη

γρίππη

rhume

🥶

gripa

refroidissement

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