lomp

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔmp/
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  • Hyphenation: lomp
  • Rhymes: -ɔmp

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from lomp (rag). Compare West Frisian lomp (rude), German Low German Lump (bounder; cad), German Lump (rogue; cad).

Adjective

lomp (comparative lomper, superlative lompst)

  1. coarse; rude; surly; boorish; unrefined; uncouth; unsophisticated; unmannered
    Zeg, lompe boer, staat/trapt eens op uw eigen tenen!
    Hey, unmannered boor, step on your own toes, will you!
  2. (chiefly southern) dumb
    Hoe kunt ge nu zo lomp zijn niet te weten hoeveel twee plus twee is?!
    How can you be so dumb not knowing how much is two plus two?
Declension
Declension of lomp
uninflected lomp
inflected lompe
comparative lomper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lomp lomper het lompst
het lompste
indefinite m./f. sing. lompe lompere lompste
n. sing. lomp lomper lompste
plural lompe lompere lompste
definite lompe lompere lompste
partitive lomps lompers
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: lomp
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lombo
  • Negerhollands: lomp
  • Lokono: lompo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *lumpa-, related to *limpaną (to glide, go, hang loosely), similar to German Lumpen (tatter, rag).

Noun

lomp f (plural lompen)

  1. a rag
    Synonyms: lor, vod
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