Lappen

See also: lappen and läppen

German

IPA^(key): /ˈlapən/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): [ˈläpən], [ˈläpm̩]
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Northern Germany" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): [ˈla̝(ʔ)m̩]
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Swiss" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): [ˈlɑp.pən]

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German lappe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German lappo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *lappa-. The form is remarkable because of the unshifted geminate -pp- (instead of expected Old High German *lapfo). Based on the supposedly invariable nature of the consonant shift, lappo would have to be an originally Central and Low German form (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Saxon lappo). This is, however, quite unlikely since the Old High German word is attested as early as the 9th century, and no variants with -pf- exist. The form remains thus unexplained.

Lappen m (genitive Lappens, plural Lappen, diminutive Läppchen n or Läpplein n)