loppe

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”) (see *hlaupaną (“to leap, jump”)).

loppe c (singular definite loppen, plural indefinite lopper)

1. (insects) A flea.

loppe (imperative lop, infinitive at loppe, present tense lopper, past tense loppede, perfect tense har loppet)

1. To remove fleas from the body.

• “loppe” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “loppe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔp.pe/
• Rhymes: -ɔppe
• Hyphenation: lòp‧pe

loppe

1. plural of loppa

Inherited from Old English loppe, lobbe, from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ and Proto-Germanic *luppǭ.

• lob, lop, lopp

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔp(ə)/, /ˈlɔb(ə)/

loppe (plural loppes)

2. A spider or arachnid.
3. A flea, fly, or other small insect.
4. (astronomy) Cancer (constellation)

• loppestere

• English: lop (dialectal)

• “loppe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 July 2018.

From Medieval Latin loppa, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *lopp, related to Norwegian lopa, lopna (“to become loosened by moisture”).

• lappe, lopp

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo(ə)/, /ˈskrab(ə)/

loppe (plural loppes)

2. A set of boughs, branches, or cuttings.
3. An individual bough, branch, or cutting.

• English: lop

• “loppe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 July 2018.

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).

loppe f or m (definite singular loppa or loppen, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)

1. flea (a wingless parasitical insect)
2. An item for sale in a flea market.

• loppemarked

• “loppe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).

loppe f (definite singular loppa, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)

1. flea (a wingless parasitical insect)
2. An item for sale in a flea market.

• loppemarknad

• “loppe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• lobbe

Sense of "spider, silkworm" from Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”), Middle Low German lobbe and Middle Dutch lobbe (“dangling part”), Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More at lobe.

Sense of "flea" from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”), Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlop.pe/

loppe f

1. spider (perhaps also flea)
2. silkworm

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• Middle English: loppe
  • English: lop