Lappen

Significado (English)

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

Conceptos

trapo

andrajo

despojo

harapo

pedazo

trozo

lóbulo

de desecho

trapos

colgajo

arapo

tela vieja

aro

harrapo

billete

jirón

pañuelo

parche

recorte

chatarra

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

Dialectos

Argovia

blätz

Argovia

hoddu

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

huudel

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

lumpe

Cantón de Basilea-Campiña

nyggotyynhoobel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlapən/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from alto alemán medio: lappe

Inherited from alto alemán antiguo: 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.