Reifen

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) tyre; tire
  2. (masculine, strong) hoop

Reif

  1. (masculine, mixed, strong) any ring-shaped piece of jewelry
  2. (alt-of, archaic, masculine, mixed, strong) archaic form of Reifen (“hoop, tyre”)

reifen

to ripen, to mature

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

raiff

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈraɪ̯fən/
Etymology

Stem variant of Reif, which developed weak forms in early modern German.

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