druppel

Dutch

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Alternative forms

• droppel (dated)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrʏ.pəl/

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• Hyphenation: drup‧pel
• Rhymes: -ʏpəl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch droppel, druppel. Equivalent to drop or drup +‎ -el. When unsuffixed, drop is more common than drup, but suffixed druppel is more common than droppel; this is likely due to the effects of i-umlaut triggered by the suffix -el. Indeed, drup is assumed to be based on druppel, as drop is the linguistically expected form (Germanic *u becomes Dutch o).

Noun

druppel m (plural druppels, diminutive druppeltje n)

1. drop, dribble, droplet
2. (colloquial) a teardrop-shaped RFID key fob

Derived terms

• dauwdruppel
• locatiedruppel
• regendruppel
• waterdruppel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: druppel
• → Papiamentu: drùp, drùpel, druppel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

druppel

1. inflection of druppelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “druppel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “drop¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute