Lappen

Εννοια (English)

1. (masculine,strong) cloth, rag
2. (masculine,strong) lobe
3. (colloquial,masculine,strong) driving licence
4. (masculine,strong) loser; idiot

Synonyms

Fetzen

Lumpen

Flicken

Führerschein

Putzlappen

Tuch

Banknote

Geldschein

Note

Papiergeld

Pappe

Schein

Wischlappen

Wischtuch

Führerausweis

Putztuch

Rausch

Feudel

Taschentuch

Frosch

🐸

Tücher

Fleppe

Hautfetzen

Fahrausweis

Fahrerlaubnis

Flügel

🪽

Hautlappen

Klamotten

Kleid

👗

Lobus

Hader

Bügel

🙇

Patch

Kfz-Führerschein

Διάλεκτοι

Άαργκαου

blätz

Άαργκαου

hoddu

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

huudel

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

lumpe

Καντόνι της Μπάζελ-Λάντσαφτ

nyggotyynhoobel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈlapən/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Άνω Γερμανικά: lappe

Inherited from Παλαιά Άνω Γερμανικά: lappo

Cognate with Old Saxon: lappo

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.