lomp

See also: Lomp

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔmp/

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• Hyphenation: lomp
• Rhymes: -ɔmp

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from lomp (“rag”). Compare West Frisian lomp (“rude”), German Low German Lump (“bounder; cad”), German Lump (“rogue; cad”).

Adjective

lomp (comparative lomper, superlative lompst)

1. coarse; rude; surly; boorish; unrefined; uncouth; unsophisticated; unmannered

   Zeg, lompe boer, staat/trapt eens op uw eigen tenen!

   Hey, unmannered boor, step on your own toes, will you!

2. (chiefly southern) dumb

   Hoe kunt ge nu zo lomp zijn niet te weten hoeveel twee plus twee is?!

   How can you be so dumb not knowing how much is two plus two?

Inflection

Declension of lomp
uninflected	lomp
inflected	lompe
comparative	lomper
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		lomp	lomper	het lompst het lompste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	lompe	lompere	lompste
	n. sing.	lomp	lomper	lompste
	plural	lompe	lompere	lompste
definite		lompe	lompere	lompste
partitive		lomps	lompers	—

Synonyms

• grof
• plomp

Derived terms

• lomperd
• lomperik
• lompheid

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: lombo
• Negerhollands: lomp
• → Lokono: lompo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *lumpa-, related to *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”), similar to German Lumpen (“tatter, rag”).

Noun

lomp f (plural lompen)

2. A rag.

   Synonyms: lor, vod

Derived terms

• lompenkoopman
• lompenproletariaat
• lompenproletariër