Trappe
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly named in reference to wolf traps, or possibly after a Trappist monastery.
Proper noun edit
Trappe
- A town in Maryland.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
References edit
- Wood, J. A. (2016). Beyond the Ballpark: The Honorable, Immoral, and Eccentric Lives of Baseball Legends. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p. 67
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German trappe, possibly a borrowing from Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *dropъty, whose first part is probably from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“run”) and the other from Proto-Slavic *pъta (“bird”), which is probably based on Proto-Indo-European *put- (“a young, a child, a little animal”).[1][2]
See also Russian дрофа (drofa), Czech drop, Polish drop, Romanian dropie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Trappe f (genitive Trappe, plural Trappen)
- (birds) bustard
Declension edit
Declension of Trappe [feminine]
References edit
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “drop”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 157–158
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “pták”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 569