Trespe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German trefs, trefse, later trebse and variants, from Proto-Germanic *drab, *dreb, probably related to *drabaz (“dregs”).[1]

As in Wespe (“wasp”), forms with -sp- are found chiefly in northern, Low and Central German, varieties; compare Middle Low German drespe. Related to Dutch dravik.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛspə/
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Noun

Trespe f (genitive Trespe, plural Trespen)

  1. cheat grass; bromegrass; chess (kind of grass growing in fields of corn or grain)

Declension
Declension of Trespe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Trespe die Trespen
genitive einer der Trespe der Trespen
dative einer der Trespe den Trespen
accusative eine die Trespe die Trespen

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dravik”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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