Raupe

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German rūpe, from Middle Low German rūpe, itself perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūpō and then probably related with *raupijaną, whence German raufen (“to pluck, pick, harvest”). Cognate with Middle Dutch rupe, whence dialectal Dutch ruip. Also related with standard Dutch rups.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯pə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Rau‧pe

Noun

Raupe f (genitive Raupe, plural Raupen, diminutive Räupchen n or Räuplein n)

1. caterpillar (larva)
2. Short for Planierraupe (“caterpillar or caterpillar tractor”).

Declension

Declension of Raupe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Raupe	die	Raupen
genitive	einer	der	Raupe	der	Raupen
dative	einer	der	Raupe	den	Raupen
accusative	eine	die	Raupe	die	Raupen

Derived terms

• Aalraupe

Related terms

• Planierraupe
• raupen
• Raupenfahrzeug
• Raupenfliege
• Raupenschlepper
• Raupenstadium
• Seidenraupe

 

See also

• Falter
• Motte
• Nachtfalter
• Schmetterling
• Sommervogel, Summervogl

Further reading

• “Raupe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Raupe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Raupe” in Duden online
• Raupe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de