Dröpp

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• dröppel, druppel, druupel (most common variant)
  • dróppel
• dröp, drup, druup (widespread variant)
• sprinkel (Eastern Limburgish, exclusively the northernmost dialects)

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-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀøp/
• Hyphenation: Dröpp
• Rhymes: -øp

Noun

Dröpp m (plural Dröpp, diminutive Dröppeltje)

1. (Eupen) drop, droplet