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griep.

influenza, flu

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣrip/
  1. influenza, flu

    feminine · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with Dutch grijpen, German Grippe (“flu”), English grippe.

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