loppe

Danish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”) (see *hlaupaną (“to leap, jump”)).

Noun

loppe c (singular definite loppen, plural indefinite lopper)

1. (insects) A flea.

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

loppe (imperative lop, infinitive at loppe, present tense lopper, past tense loppede, perfect tense har loppet)

1. To remove fleas from the body.

Conjugation

References

• “loppe” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “loppe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔp.pe/
• Rhymes: -ɔppe
• Hyphenation: lòp‧pe

Noun

loppe

1. plural of loppa

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English loppe, lobbe, from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ and Proto-Germanic *luppǭ.

Alternative forms

• lob, lop, lopp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔp(ə)/, /ˈlɔb(ə)/

Noun

loppe (plural loppes)

2. A spider or arachnid.
3. A flea, fly, or other small insect.
4. (astronomy) Cancer (constellation)

Related terms

• loppestere

Descendants

• English: lop (dialectal)

References

• “loppe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin loppa.

Alternative forms

• lappe, lopp

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo(ə)/, /ˈskrab(ə)/

Noun

loppe (plural loppes)

2. A set of boughs, branches, or cuttings.
3. An individual bough, branch, or cutting.

Descendants

• English: lop

References

• “loppe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Lopper

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).

Noun

loppe f or m (definite singular loppa or loppen, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)

1. flea (a wingless parasitical insect)
2. An item for sale in a flea market.

Derived terms

• loppemarked

References

• “loppe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

loppe

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).

Noun

loppe f (definite singular loppa, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)

1. flea (a wingless parasitical insect)
2. An item for sale in a flea market.

Derived terms

• loppemarknad

References

• “loppe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• lobbe

Etymology

Sense of "spider, silkworm" from Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”), Middle Low German lobbe and Middle Dutch lobbe (“dangling part”), Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More at lobe.

Sense of "flea" from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”), Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlop.pe/

Noun

loppe f

1. spider (perhaps also flea)
2. silkworm

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: loppe
  • English: lop