Lappen

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(Englisch)

(masculine, strong) cloth, rag
(masculine, strong) lobe
(colloquial, masculine, strong) driving licence
(masculine, strong) loser; idiot

Lappe

native of Lapland

Frequenz

Aargau

blätz

Aargau

hoddu

Basel-Landschaft

huudel

Basel-Landschaft

lumpe

Basel-Landschaft

nyggotyynhoobel

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈlapən/

Geerbt von Mittelhochdeutsch

Geerbt von Althochdeutsch

Verwandt mit Old Saxon

In summary

From Middle High German lappe, from Old High German lappo, from Proto-West Germanic *lappā (“cloth, rag, lobe”) of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). 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 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.