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Reet
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reet réët
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Margaret,Greta
German
Etymology
de nds Reet, from de gml rêt, from de osx hriod, from de gmw-pro *hreud.
Pronunciation
de /ʁeːt/
de De-Reet.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de red general rät especially northern and eastern regions
Noun
n,s:es.sg
de Ried
de northern Germany reed as vegetation
de now also elsewhere reed as thatching
Usage notes
The spread of this form in the context of thatching is due to the fact that the practice is most common in Northern Germany.
Declension
n,s:es.sg
Derived terms
de Reetdach
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