טראָפּן

Yiddish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɔpn̩/, /ˈtrɔpm̩/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German tropfen, tropfe, from Old High German tropfo, from Proto-West Germanic *dropō, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. Compare German Tropfen.

Noun

טראָפּן • (tropn) m, plural טראָפּנס (tropns), diminutive טראָפּל (tropl) or טראָפּקעלע (tropkele)

1. drop (of liquid)

   Synonym: קאַפּ (kap)

2. glob (of daub)

   Synonym: שמיר (shmir)

3. globule

   Synonym: קײַלעכל (kaylekhl)

Derived terms

• אײַזטראָפּן (ayztropn, “icicle, stalactite”)
• אַ טראָפּן אין ים (a tropn in yam, “a drop in the ocean”)
• ביטערער טראָפּן (biterer tropn, “(humorous) spirit, brandy, booze”)
• בלוטטראָפּן (bluttropn), בלוטסטראָפּן (blutstropn, “blood drop; Adonis palaestina”)
• האַרץ־טראָפּן (harts-tropn, “heart drop”)
• טוי־טראָפּן (toy-tropn, “dewdrop”)
• טראָפּן רעגן (tropn regn, “raindrop”)
• שאָקאָלאַד־טראָפּקעלע (shokolad-tropkele)
• וואַלעריאַן־טראָפּן (valeryan-tropn, “valerian drops (Dutch valeriaandruppels)”)
• וואַסערטראָפּן (vasertropn, “water drop”)
• ווי צוויי טראָפּנס וואַסער (vi tsvey tropns vaser, “spitting image”)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “טראָפּן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “drop”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

טראָפּ (trop) +‎ ־ן (-n).

Noun

טראָפּן • (tropn) pl

1. plural of טראָפּ (trop)