topp
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== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɔp/
=== Etymology 1 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
topp
singular imperative of toppen
(colloquial) first-person singular present of toppen
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Low German topp, perhaps related to Middle Low German toppen (“to beat”).
==== Interjection ====
topp
(dated) Indicates agreement, especially of an arrangement or a wager.
Topp, die Wette gilt! ― Alright, the bet is on!
===== Alternative forms =====
top
=== Further reading ===
“topp” in Duden online
“topp” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
== Middle English ==
=== Noun ===
topp
alternative form of top
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“tuft, top, summit”), either a secondary formation from *tebō, *tappaz (“tuft, knot, peg”), or from earlier *tumpaz with irregular development *mp > *pp, from Proto-Indo-European *dewmb- (“penis, tail, rod”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɔpː/
Rhymes: -ɔp
=== Noun ===
topp m (definite singular toppen, indefinite plural topper, definite plural toppene)
the top (highest point)
a top (garment covering the upper body)
peak, summit (e.g. of a mountain)
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
“topp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse toppr.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tɔpː/
=== Noun ===
topp m (definite singular toppen, indefinite plural toppar, definite plural toppane)
the top (highest point)
a top (garment covering the upper body)
peak, summit (e.g. of a mountain)
crest (bird’s tuft)
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
“topp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
== Old English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
top
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /topp/, [top]
Rhymes: -opp
=== Noun ===
topp m
topp, summit (of something)
lock or tuft of hair
(possibly) a top (toy)
==== Declension ====
Strong a-stem:
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: top, toppe, topp, tope, toopEnglish: top→ French: top→ German: Top→ Vietnamese: tốpScots: tap
=== References ===
Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “topp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Swedish topper, tupper, from Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dumb- (“tail, rod, staff, pole, penis”).
==== Noun ====
topp c
a top, a peak (topmost or highest part)
a summit, a crest
(figuratively) a top, a peak (high point)
a peak (cone-shaped object)
a peak ((of a) mountain)
a tip; an end (in some idiomatic cases)
a top (women's garment)
===== Declension =====
===== Derived terms =====
bergstopp (“mountain peak”)
sockertopp (“sugar-loaf; sweetheart”)
toppen
toppluva (“bobble hat”)
===== Descendants =====
→ Finnish: toppa (“pile, heap; cylindrical container”)
===== See also =====
höjd
kam
krön
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from French tope, from the verb toper.
==== Interjection ====
topp
(colloquial) agreed!
=== References ===
“topp”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“topp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“topp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
topp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)