Quappe

See also: quappe

German

Lota lota

Etymology

From Middle High German quappe, kape, kope, from Old High German quappo, kwappo (“burbot, eelpout”) (also Old High German quappa, kwappa (“tadpole, burbot”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to sink, submerge, dive”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Kwabbe (“burbot, eelpout; tadpole”), West Frisian kwabbe, kwab, Dutch kwab (“burbot; lobe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkva.pə/

Noun

Quappe f (genitive Quappe, plural Quappen)

1. burbot, Lota lota

Declension

Declension of Quappe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Quappe	die	Quappen
genitive	einer	der	Quappe	der	Quappen
dative	einer	der	Quappe	den	Quappen
accusative	eine	die	Quappe	die	Quappen

Related terms

• Quabbe

Further reading

• “Quappe” in Duden online