wreef
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vreːf/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: wreef
- Rhymes: -eːf
Etymology 1
With final -f influenced by wrijven (“to rub”), from dialectal wreeg, from Middle Dutch *wrēghe, unattested variant of wrijghe, wrijch (“instep”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrīhan-. Cognate with Low German Wree, Old High German rīho (“knee; back of knee”), whence dialectal German Reihen (“instep”).
Noun
wreef f (plural wreven, diminutive wreefje n)
- (anatomy) 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
- singular past indicative of wrijven
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