An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/rupfen
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry rupfen. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
rupfen, verb, ‘to pluck (feathers), pick,’ from Middle High German rupfen, ropfen, an intensive form of raufen. To this is allied ruppig, ‘battered,’ from Low German ruppen for Upper German rupfen.