Maschile

Tölpel

Senso (Inglese)

  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)

Frequenza

C2
Dialetti

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

dildap

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

dollwegg

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

guetschigg

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈtœlpəl/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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