Joppe

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Jobstede in 1608. Compound of Job (a personal name) and Middle Dutch stede (place, city).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.pə/
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  • Hyphenation: Jop‧pe
  • Rhymes: -ɔpə

Proper noun

Joppe n

  1. A village in Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German joppe, jope, from Old Italian giuppa (modern giubba), from Old Spanish aljuba, from Andalusian Arabic جبة (gubbah), from Arabic جبة (cloak, coat). Doublet of Jupe and Schaube. Alemannic German Tschoope.

Pronunciation

Noun

Joppe f (genitive Joppe, plural Joppen)

  1. loden jacket
    Synonym: Lodenjacke
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, pages 117–118:
      Übrigens trug er eine graue, geschlossene Joppe mit Klappen an den Taschen und einem Gummizug im Rücken.
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    • c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:
      Vor einer Pumpe stand ein schwaches junges Mädchen in einer Nachtjoppe und blickte, während das Wasser in ihre Kanne strömte, auf K. hin.
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    • 1915, Paul Keller, Ferien vom Ich:
      Ich bestimmte die Ausrüstung. Schaftstiefel, englische Lederhosen, eine Joppe aus grauem Tuch mit Hirschhornknöpfen und grüner Tascheneinfassung, ein Vorhemd ohne Schlips, ein seidenes Tüchlein um den Hals, eine Lodenmütze, das war meine Ausrüstung.
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Declension

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰόππη (Ióppē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Joppē f sg (genitive Joppēs); first declension

  1. Jaffa

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Joppē
genitive Joppēs
dative Joppae
accusative Joppēn
ablative Joppē
vocative Joppē
locative Joppae

References

  • Joppe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Joppe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press