raab

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proper noun

A surname from German.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

raab1

nounraab (plural raabs)

plural raabs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rabe.

    Broccoli Raab with Pine Nuts […] Toss garlic and raab together well, so that oil and garlic are mixed evenly.

    2013, Gretchen Scalpi, The Everything Guide to Managing and Reversing Pre-Diabetes: Your Complete Guide to Treating Pre-Diabetes Symptoms, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 202
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    Broccoli raab is easier to germinate in cool soil than broccoli, so it can be direct seeded from early spring to late summer, […] Broccoli and raab thrive in a cool, […]

    2005, David P. Hirsch, The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden: Creative Gardening For The Adventurous Cook, Random House Digital, Inc., →ISBN, page 24

    BROCCOLI. Broccoli has a tough road to travel. It has never really been high-end restaurant food, and has basically been […] The past ten years have seen some rise in “fancier” broccoli varieties, and raabs, sprouting broccolis, […]

    2015, Hugh Acheson, The Broad Fork: Recipes for the Wide World of Vegetables and Fruits, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 101

    Add the broccoli raab to the boiling water and cook for 2 or 3 more minutes. Drain the pasta and raab in a fine-mesh colander. Let sit for a few minutes, tossing occasionally to release water.

    2017, Susie Middleton, Simple Green Suppers: A Fresh Strategy for One-Dish Vegetarian Meals, Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 27

    But none drew my eye quite like the cabbage raabs, which looked like red and green leafy microphones. The lone farmstand worker, sympathetic to my fugue state, encouraged me to try one—raw. Conditioned by many a meal of rapini (often confusingly called broccoli raab, even though it is not technically the raab of broccoli), […]

    2018, Paul Zitarelli, 36 Bottles of Wine: Less Is More with 3 Recommended Wines per Month Plus Seasonal Recipe Pairings, Sasquatch Books, →ISBN
  2. alternativeAlternative form of raeb.

    Males give a variety of raspy raab calls; females quack.

    2017, Stephen Kress, Elissa Wolfson, Pocket Birds of North America, Eastern Region, →ISBN, page 22
    2 more examples

    Both female decrescendo calls and male “raab” calls were heard.

    1984, Norman R. Seymour, “Activity of Black Ducks nesting along streams in northeastern Nova Scotia”, in Wildfowl Journal, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2022

    Used as a contact and alarm call, the muffled raab is like a muttered, husky quack.

    2019, Adrian Thomas, RSPB Guide to Birdsong, →ISBN, page 141

Raab2

proper nounRaab (countable and uncountable, plural Raabs)

plural Raabs

  1. countableA surname from German.
  2. uncountableA town in Schärding district, Upper Austria, Austria.
  3. countableuncountableSynonym of Győr, Hungary, especially in German.

    Synonyms: Győr, Hungary

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Győr, Hungary, especially in German.

Origin

  1. GermanRaab
  2. GermanRaab
  3. EnglishRaab

Borrowed from German Raab.

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Translations

German Raab, Raab
  • Raabsurname
  • RaabRaab, Schaerding, Upper Austria, Austria

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“raab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raab. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raab,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raab.

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