riffeln

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), rifilen, from Old High German riffilōn (“to ripple, remove seeds from flax”), derived from riffila (“ripple”), from Proto-Germanic *ripilō, cognate with Dutch repel, English ripple.

The sense “to cut grooves into” is from unrelated German Low German rieveln, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), frequentative of Middle Low German rīven (“to rake”). Compare German Riefe (“groove”), Dutch rijf (“rake”), (obsolete) rijffelen (“to scrape”), Old Norse hrīfa (“rake”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁɪfəln/
• Hyphenation: rif‧feln

riffeln (weak, third-person singular present riffelt, past tense riffelte, past participle geriffelt, auxiliary haben)

1. to groove (provide with narrow, parallel channels)
2. to ripple (remove seeds from the stalks of flax by means of a comb)

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• Riffeln
• Riffelung

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