Masculine
Reif
- (masculine, mixed, strong) any ring-shaped piece of jewelry
- (alt-of, archaic, masculine, mixed, strong) archaic form of Reifen (“hoop, tyre”)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁaɪ̯f/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German reif, from Old High German reif (“belt, strap, cord, ring, hoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz (“band, cord, strap”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”). Doublet of nautical Reep (from Low German). Further cognate with Dutch reep, English rope, Icelandic reipi.
Wachsanflug
gefrorener Tau
Fassreifen
Fingerring
escarcha
givre
brina
kırağı
geada
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