loppe

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

loppe c (singular definite loppen, plural indefinite lopper)

  1. (insects) A flea.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • hundeloppe
  • katteloppe
  • loppebid
  • loppecirkus
  • loppefrø
  • loppehalsbånd
  • loppemarked
  • loppepulver
  • loppespil
  • loppestik
  • loppetjans
  • loppetorv
  • menneskeloppe
  • rotteloppe

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

See also: Crabbe

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔp(ə)/, /ˈlɔb(ə)/

Noun

loppe (plural loppes)

  1. A spider or arachnid.
  2. A flea, fly, or other small insect.
  3. (astronomy) Cancer (constellation)
Descendants
  • English: lop (dialectal)
References

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin loppa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlo(ə)/, /ˈskrab(ə)/

Noun

loppe (plural loppes)

  1. A set of boughs, branches, or cuttings.
  2. An individual bough, branch, or cutting.
Descendants
References

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Derived terms

References


Old English

Alternative forms

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 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): /ˈloppe/

Noun

loppe f

  1. spider (perhaps also flea)
  2. silkworm

Declension

Descendants

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