robben

• IPA^(key): /rɔbə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔbən

robben

1. plural of rob

Compare Robbe (“seal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔbən/

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• (Northern, Central) IPA^(key): [ˈʁɔ.m̩], [ˈʁɔ.b(ə)n]

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• (South-Western) IPA^(key): [ˈʁɔ.bə]
• (Bavaria) IPA^(key): [ˈro.b(ə)n]
• (Rhinelandic, Ripuarian) IPA^(key): [ˈʁɔb.bən]

robben (weak, third-person singular present robbt, past tense robbte, past participle gerobbt, auxiliary haben)

1. (when applied to humans) to creep, to crawl; to move on ground level, lying flatly on the stomach with the help of one's forearms or elbows
2. (when applied to seals) describing the typical movement of a seal on land; to galumph

• Robbe (“seal”)

• krabbeln (also meaning "crawl", but on a higher level, using one's knees and hands as a support to move on all fours)

• “robben” in Duden online
• “robben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• robb, robbe, robbi, robby, robbyn, robyn, ruby

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman robber, rober, from Frankish *raubōn, from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reven.

The expected Middle English form would be /ˈrɔːbən/; the short vowel is probably by analogy with robberie, robbour.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔbən/

robben (third-person singular simple present robbeth, present participle robbende, robbynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle robbed)

1. To steal, rob, or pilfer; to illegally or forcibly confiscate.^[2]
2. To loot, despoil, ravage; to bring to ruin.
3. (figurative) To snatch; to cause to lose (an abstract concept)

• robberie
• robbour
• robbynge

• English: rob
• Scots: rob

robben

1. plural of robbe