FromMiddle High Germanreif, fromOld High Germanreif(“belt, strap, cord, ring, hoop”), fromProto-West Germanic*raip, fromProto-Germanic*raipaz(“band, cord, strap”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁roypnós(“strap, band, rope”).
Doublet of nauticalReep (fromLow German). Further cognate withDutchreep,Englishrope,Icelandicreipi.
Reif m (strong ormixed,genitiveReifesorReifs,pluralReifeorReifen)
- (poetic except inArmreif) anyring-shaped piece ofjewelry
- Archaic form ofReifen(“hoop, tyre”).
Declension ofReif [masculine, strong // mixed]
FromMiddle High Germanrīfe, fromOld High Germanrīfo.
Reif m (strong,genitiveReifesorReifs,no plural)
- frost,hoar frost(cover of minute ice crystals on a surface)
- Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio, "Es fiel ein Reif in der Frühlingsnacht".
Es fiel einReif in der Frühlingsnacht,
er fiel auf die bunten Blaublümelein,
sie sind verwelket, verdorret.- Hoarfrost fell in a night in spring,
it fell on the colourful blue blossoms,
they withered away, dried up.
Declension ofReif [sg-only, masculine, strong]
- “Reif” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Reif m (pluralReif)
- frost
Backformation from the plural, fromGermanReifen, fromProto-West Germanic*raip(“band, strip”).
Reif f (pluralReifen)
- tire (rubber)
