Tölpel
German
Etymology
From a merger of dialectal tolp (with variants; of unknown, probably onomatopoetic, origin) and Middle High German dörpel, itself dissimilated from dörper, from Middle Low German dorper (“villager”), from dorp (“village”). Both of these words meant “rude, gruff person”, and dörper/dörpel particularly “uncultured, unrefined person”. The name of the bird is due to its apparently clumsy movements.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtœlpəl/, [ˈtœlpəl], [ˈtœlpl̩]
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Noun
Tölpel m (genitive Tölpels, plural Tölpel)
Declension
Derived terms
- tölpelhaft
- übertölpeln
Further reading
- Tölpel in Duden online
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