erbe

See also: Erbe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German erben, from erbi (“heritage”), from Proto-West Germanic *arbī, from Proto-Germanic *arbiją. Cognate with German erben, Dutch erven.

Verb

erbe

1. (Uri) to inherit

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

erbe

1. inflection of erben:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.be/
• Rhymes: -ɛrbe
• Hyphenation: èr‧be

Noun

erbe f pl (plural only)

1. plural of erba
2. vegetables (plants raised for their edible leaves)
3. greens (green vegetables)

Anagrams

• Eber, bere, ebre, rebe

Middle English

Noun

erbe

1. alternative form of herbe

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈerbə/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *arbiją

Proto-Germanic *-ijô

Proto-Germanic *arbijô

Proto-West Germanic *arbijō

Old High German arbeo

Middle High German erbe

Inherited from Old High German arbeo.

Noun

erbe m

1. heir (offspring to inherit and continue the family line)

Declension

Declension of erbe (weak masculine)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	erbe	die	erben
genitive	eines	dës	erben	dër	erben
dative	eime	dëm	erben	dën	erben
accusative	einen	dën	erben	die	erben

Descendants

• German: Erbe
  • Kashubian: erba

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “erbe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• “erbe” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *arbiją

Proto-West Germanic *arbī

Old High German erbi

Middle High German erbe

Inherited from Old High German erbi.

Noun

erbe n

1. inheritance

Declension

Declension of erbe (sg-only strong neuter with null plural)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	erbe
genitive	eines	dës	erbes
dative	eime	dëm	erbe
accusative	ein	daȥ	erbe

Descendants

• German: Erbe

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “erbe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• “erbe” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.

Old French

Alternative forms

• herbe

Etymology

From Latin herba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾbə/
• Homophone: herbe

Noun

erbe oblique singular, f (oblique plural erbes, nominative singular erbe, nominative plural erbes)

1. grass
2. herb (plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine)

Descendants

• Bourguignon: harbe
• Champenois: harbe
• Franc-Comtois: hérbe
• French: herbe
  • Haitian Creole: zèb
• Gallo: arb
• Lorrain: hèbe
• Norman: herbe
• Picard: iérpe
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: érbe
• Walloon: yebe
• → Middle English: herbe, eerbe, erbe, ȝerbe, oerbe, yerbe
  • English: herb (dialectal yerb)
  • Scots: herb, yerb
• → Volapük: yeb