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)
- (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)
Conjugation
References
- “loppe” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “loppe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
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
Noun
loppe (plural loppes)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: lop (dialectal)
References
- “loppe (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin loppa.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
loppe (plural loppes)
Descendants
- English: lop
References
- “loppe (n.(2))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
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)
- a flea (wingless parasitical insect)
- an item for sale in a flea market
Derived terms
References
- “loppe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
- a flea (wingless parasitical insect)
- an item for sale in a flea market
Derived terms
References
- “loppe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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 lobbe 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
Noun
loppe f
Declension
Descendants
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Danish verbs
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Astronomy
- Middle English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
- Middle English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- enm:Arachnids
- enm:Insects
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- nb:Insects
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Insects
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English feminine n-stem nouns
- ang:Arachnids
- ang:Insects