topp

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔp/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

topp

1. singular imperative of toppen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of toppen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German topp, perhaps related to Middle Low German toppen (“to beat”).

Interjection

topp

1. (dated) Indicates agreement, especially of an arrangement or a wager.

   Topp, die Wette gilt! ― Alright, the bet is on!

   • 1772, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti‎, 4. Aufzug, 1. Auftritt:

     Und als dieses—mag er doch geschehen sein, wie er will!—Ein Graf mehr in der Welt oder weniger! Denke ich Ihnen so recht?—Topp! auch ich erschrecke vor einem kleinen Verbrechen nicht.

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   • 1784, Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe [Intrigue and Love], 5. Akt, 7. Szene:

     Thoren sind's, die von ewiger Liebe schwatzen. Ewiges Einerlei widersteht, Veränderung nur ist das Salz des Vergnügens—Topp, Luise! Ich bin dabei—Wir hüpfen von Roman zu Roman, wälzen uns von Schlamme zu Schlamm […]

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   • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Studirzimmer”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎:

     Faust. […] Die Wette biet’ ich! / Mephistopheles. Top!

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Alternative forms

• top

Further reading

• “topp” in Duden online
• “topp” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Noun

topp

1. Alternative form of top

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“tuft, top, summit”), either a secondary formation from *tebō, *tappaz (“tuft, knot, peg”), or from earlier *tumpaz with irregular development *mp > *pp, from Proto-Indo-European *dewmb- (“penis, tail, rod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔpː/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Noun

topp m (definite singular toppen, indefinite plural topper, definite plural toppene)

1. the top (highest point)
2. a top (garment covering the upper body)
3. peak, summit (e.g. of a mountain)

Derived terms

References

• “topp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse toppr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔpː/

Noun

topp m (definite singular toppen, indefinite plural toppar, definite plural toppane)

1. the top (highest point)
2. a top (garment covering the upper body)
3. peak, summit (e.g. of a mountain)

Derived terms

References

• “topp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish topper, tupper, from Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dumb- (“tail, rod, staff, pole, penis”).

Noun

topp c

1. top, peak
2. top; head (topmost part of anything)

Declension

Derived terms

• bergstopp (“mountain peak”)
• sockertopp (“sugar-loaf; sweetheart”)
• toppluva (“bobble hat”)

Descendants

• → Finnish: toppa (“pile, heap; cylindrical container”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tope, from the verb toper.

Interjection

topp

1. (colloquial) agreed!

Further reading

• topp in Svensk ordbok.
• topp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)