Dröpp
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- dröppel, druppel, druupel (most common variant)
- dróppel
- dröp, drup, druup (widespread variant)
- sprinkel (Eastern Limburgish, exclusively the northernmost dialects)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʀøp/
- Hyphenation: Dröpp
- Rhymes: -øp
Etymology
From Middle Low German drope, from Old Saxon dropo. Or from Middle Dutch drop, from Old Dutch dropo. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dropō, from Proto-Germanic *drupô, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb-.
Noun
Dröpp m (plural Dröpp, diminutive Dröppeltje)
- (Eupen) drop, droplet