Masculino

Tölpel

Significado (Inglés)

  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)

Frecuencia

C2
Dialectos

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

dildap

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

dollwegg

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

guetschigg

Datos proporcionados por: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈtœlpəl/
Etimología (Inglés)

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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