-trop

German

Alternative forms

-trup

Etymology

With metathesis in the weakened ultima from Middle Low German dorp (“village”), from Old Saxon thorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. While Low German placenames in -dorp were generally standardized with the High German equivalent -dorf, those with the less transparent variant -trop, -trup often remained unchanged.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁɔp/
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Suffix

-trop

Placename suffix found chiefly in north-western Germany

Derived terms

Bottrop
Castrop
Finnentrop
Frintrop
Suttrop
Oeventrop
Uentrop
Waltrop