-trop

German

Alternative forms
  • -trup

Etymology

With metathesis in the weakened ultima from Middle Low German dorp (“village”), from Old Saxon thorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. While Low German placenames in -dorp were generally standardized with the High German equivalent -dorf, those with the less transparent variant -trop, -trup often remained unchanged.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁɔp/
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Suffix

-trop

  1. Placename suffix found chiefly in north-western Germany

Derived terms
  • Bottrop
  • Castrop
  • Finnentrop
  • Frintrop
  • Suttrop
  • Oeventrop
  • Uentrop
  • Waltrop
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