raffen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to snatch up, grasp
  2. (colloquial, weak) to understand

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grapsche

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grapse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ramisiere

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

rapse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁafn̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German raffen, reffen, from Old High German *hraffōn (“to snatch, seize”). Cf. Dutch rapen.

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