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Ripp

Ripp proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Ripp (plural Ripps)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Ripp

pluralRipps

Origin of Ripp

* As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from the personal name Rippert, composed of the old Germanic elements *rīkī (“powerful”) + *berht (“bright, famous”). * As an English surname, from Middle English rippe (“bank of a river”), from Old English ripp, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *ribi (“rib, ridge, reef”).

Questions about Ripp

What does Ripp mean?
Ripp means a surname.
What part of speech is Ripp?
Ripp is a proper noun.

Words near Ripp in the dictionary

  1. riposte
  2. riposted
  3. ripostes
  4. riposting
  5. riposts
  6. Ripp
  7. rippa rugby
  8. rippability
  9. rippable
  10. rippchen
  11. ripped

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