rob – Dutch noun declension

Noun: rob
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:

Sg.	rob
Pl.	robben

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like rob

ringelrob, spinnekob, spinneweb, klapmutsrob, pelsrob, strandkrab, gewone strandkrab, zaadlob, spinnenweb, stinkrob, blaasrob, kokoskrab, kegelrob, deb, leb, web, rob, rib, schub, degenkrab, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely. See: English Nouns 'rabbit', English Nouns 'rub'.

Verbs referencing "rob"

English Nouns rabbit.

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