Raub
/raʊb/noun
A German word meaning robbery, plunder, or loot.
Did you know?Raub is German, and its deeper ancestry is linked to the same ancient root that gave English **rob**, **rape** (in its older sense of seizing), and **ravage**—all words built around forceful taking.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reup- / *reub-
“to snatch, seize, or tear away”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*raubō
“booty, plunder”
Old High German
OHG
roub
“plunder, robbery”
Middle High German
MHG
roub
“loot, spoils taken by force”
Modern German
German
Raub
“robbery, plunder”