Tropf
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German
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Tropf m (strong, genitive Tropfes or Tropfs, plural Tröpfe)
- (medicine) drip (e.g. connected to an IV)
- poor sap, poor sod
- 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two][1]:
- O Fluch! o Schande solchen Tröpfen! / Satane stehen auf den Köpfen […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Tropf [masculine, strong]