Manlik

Tölpel

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (masculine, strong) someone who acts in a clumsy or awkward way (physically or socially)
  2. (masculine, strong) idiot, fool, dolt
  3. (masculine, strong) gannet (a sea bird)

Frekwensie

C2
Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

dildap

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

dollwegg

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

guetschigg

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈtœlpəl/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From a merger of dialectal tolp (with variants; of unknown, probably onomatopoetic, origin) and Middle High German dörpel, itself dissimilated from dörper, from Middle Low German dorper (“villager”), from dorp (“village”). Both of these words meant “rude, gruff person”, and dörper/dörpel particularly “uncultured, unrefined person”. The name of the bird is due to its apparently clumsy movements.

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