Tulpe

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See also: tulpe, tulpē, tulpė, and tulpę

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch tulp, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (dülbend), from Persian دلبند (dolband). Doublet of Tulipan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊlpə/
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Noun

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Tulpe f (genitive Tulpe, plural Tulpen, diminutive Tülpchen n)

  1. tulip
    Synonym: (obsolete) Tulipan
  2. a glass for mainly wine likened in form to a tulip
  3. (colloquial, dated) someone of a rare demeanour
    1. a fickle girl
  4. (regional, dated) a bumbershoot reversed in form due to the wind in a storm

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: tulp
  • Kashubian: tëlpa
  • Latvian: tulpe
  • Lithuanian: tulpė

Further reading

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  • Tulpe” in Duden online
  • Tulpe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

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Noun

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Tulpe

  1. plural of Tulp