Tulpe

See also: tulpe, tulpē, tulpė, and tulpę

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊlpə/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

Declension of Tulpe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tulpe	die	Tulpen
genitive	einer	der	Tulpe	der	Tulpen
dative	einer	der	Tulpe	den	Tulpen
accusative	eine	die	Tulpe	die	Tulpen

Derived terms

• Biertulpe
• Tulpenbaum
• Tulpenblatt
• Tulpenblüte
• Tulpenstengel
• Tulpenstrauß
• Tulpenzwiebel

 

Descendants

• → Estonian: tulp
• → Kashubian: tëlpón
• → Latvian: tulpe
• → Lithuanian: tulpė

Further reading

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

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tulpe

1. plural of Tulp