rufen
German (Berlin)
/ˈʀuːfən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to call out; to shout; to cry; to shriek
- (intransitive) to call (for someone); to request the presence (of someone)
- (transitive) to call (something) out
- (with dative object) to ask (someone) to do something; to call for (someone) to do something
- (transitive) to call (someone), e.g. by telephone
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German ruofen inherited from Old High German ruofan inherited from *hrōpan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (shout, cry, call).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hrōpaną
Gloss
shout, cry, call
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- roop English
- roopit English
- roopy English
- roup English
- roupy English
- Ausrufezeichen German
- Berufung German
- abberufen German
- abrufbar German
- abrufen German
- ausrufen German
- berufen German
- einberufen German
- hereinrufen German
- widerrufen German
- widerruflich German
- zurückrufen German
- aanroepen Dutch, Flemish
- beroepen Dutch, Flemish
- bijeenroepen Dutch, Flemish
- herroepen Dutch, Flemish
- inroepen Dutch, Flemish
- omroepen Dutch, Flemish
- oproepen Dutch, Flemish
- overroepen Dutch, Flemish
- roepen Dutch, Flemish
- roeper Dutch, Flemish
- roeping Dutch, Flemish
- roepletters Dutch, Flemish
- roepnaam Dutch, Flemish
- roeptoeter Dutch, Flemish
- samenroepen Dutch, Flemish
- uitroepen Dutch, Flemish
- *ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *hrōpaną Proto-Germanic
- hropan Old English
- hrōpan Old English
- ropen Middle English
- hrópa Old Norse
- råbe Danish
- roepen Middle Dutch
- ruofan Old High German
- roep Afrikaans
- berufen Middle High German
- ruofen Middle High German
- ruffen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uruffen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hrōpan gmw-pro
- ruopan Old Dutch
- rōpen Middle Low German
- hropan Old Saxon
- hrōpa Old Frisian
- rofe Central Franconian