-trop

See also: trop, tròp, trop., trop-, and -trop-

German edit

Alternative forms edit

-trup, -drup

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /tʁɔp/
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Suffix edit

-trop

Placename suffix found chiefly in north-western Germany