Masculine
Tölpel
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) someone who acts in a clumsy or awkward way (physically or socially)
- (masculine,strong) idiot, fool, dolt
- (masculine,strong) gannet (a sea bird)
Concepts
Synonyms
Kretin
Tollpatsch
Strohkopf
Bekloppter
Torfkopf
Pappnase
Mestize
Pipi machen
Tölpelhaftigkeit
Bauerntrampel
dummes Zeug
Truller
Blitzbirne
Blödian
Pelzjacke
Blödel
Kasperl
ungeschickter Mensch
Elefant im Porzellanladen
Spatzenhirn
Dumpfbacke
Heusamen
Minderbemittelter
Torfnase
dumme Nuss
en Beschmierten
trübe Tasse
Halbdackel
Halbgescheiter
Nullchecker
Vollhorst
Hein Blöd
Pannemann
Sacklpicker
keine Leuchte
Napfsülze
Dösbaddel
dummes Huhn
Armer im Geiste
Blödi
Denkzwerg
geistiger Tiefflieger
Hohlfigur
Knallidiot
geistige Null
Dummrian
Hohlbirne
Tuppe
dummes Schaf
Todel
Dolm
Dummbartel
Unbeholfener
Hiefler
Bauernlümmel
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
dildap
Basel-Landschaft
dollwegg
Basel-Landschaft
guetschigg
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtœlpəl/
Etymology
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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