German edit

Etymology edit

From late Middle High German, from the predecessor of tropfen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁœpfl̩n/
  • (file)

Verb edit

tröpfeln (weak, third-person singular present tröpfelt, past tense tröpfelte, past participle getröpfelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to drip, to fall or trickle down in small drops
  2. (colloquial) to sprinkle, to rain a few little drops

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • tröpfeln” in Duden online
  • tröpfeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache