Flappe

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German flabbe. Cognate to English flap, Dutch flap.

Pronunciation

Noun

Flappe f (genitive Flappe, plural Flappen) (Northern Germany, colloquial)

  1. a hanging lower lip or grimacing corner of the mouth
    Alternative forms: Fleppe, Fluppe, Flabbe
  2. a clamp on the sail of a ship or it’s cannon
  3. a ciggy, fag, darb
    Alternative form: (which is relatively widely know) Fluppe
  4. a slimmer cover put around a book cover for advertising considerations (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  5. a slap in the face
    Synonym: Ohrfeige

Declension

Declension of Flappe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Flappe die Flappen
genitive einer der Flappe der Flappen
dative einer der Flappe den Flappen
accusative eine die Flappe die Flappen

References

  • “Flappe” in Duden online
  • “Flappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Flappe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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