griep - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with Dutch grijpen, German Grippe (“flu”), English grippe.
griep f or m (uncountable, diminutive griepje n)
- Afrikaans: griep