Dröpp

Limburgish

Alternative forms
  • dröppel, druppel, druupel (most common variant)
  • dröp, drup, druup (widespread variant)
  • sprinkel (Eastern Limburgish, exclusively the northernmost dialects)

Etymology

From Middle Low German drope, from Old Saxon dropo. Or from Middle Dutch drop, from Old Dutch dropo. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dropō, from Proto-Germanic *drupô, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʀøp/
  • Hyphenation: Dröpp
  • Rhymes: -øp

Noun

Dröpp m (plural Dröpp, diminutive Dröppeltje)

  1. (Eupen) drop, droplet
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