erbe
See also: Erbe
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German erben, from erbi (“heritage”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją. Cognate with German erben, Dutch erven.
Verb
erbe
- (Uri) to inherit
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
erbe
- inflection of erben:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛr.be/
- Rhymes: -ɛrbe
- Hyphenation: èr‧be
Noun
erbe f pl (plural only)
- plural of erba
- vegetables (plants raised for their edible leaves)
- greens (green vegetables)
Anagrams
- Eber, bere, ebre, rebe
Middle English
Noun
erbe
- Alternative form of herbe
Old French
Alternative forms
- herbe
Etymology
From Latin herba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛr.bə/
- Homophone: herbe
Noun
erbe f (oblique plural erbes, nominative singular erbe, nominative plural erbes)
- grass
- herb (plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine)
Descendants
- French: herbe
- Haitian Creole: zèb
- → Middle English: herbe, eerbe, erbe, ȝerbe, oerbe, yerbe
- English: herb (dialectal yerb)
- Scots: herb, yerb
- Volapük: yeb
- Walloon: yebe