wreef

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vreːf/
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  • Hyphenation: wreef
  • Rhymes: -eːf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wrijch (“instep”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrīha(n)-. Most likely influenced by the Dutch verb wrijven (“to rub”). Cognate with Old High German rīho (“knee; back of knee”), from which dialectal German Reihen (“instep”).

Noun

wreef f (plural wreven, diminutive wreefje n)

  1. the arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle; instep
    • 2004, Marjon van Royen, De nacht van de schreeuw. Een ongewone vriendschap tussen twee vrouwen in Mexico:
      Mevrouw Lykari heeft met haar naaldhak op mijn wreef gestampt.
      Mrs Lykari stamped on my instep with her stiletto heel.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wreef

  1. singular past indicative of wrijven
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