Tulpe

See also: tulpe, tulpē, tulpė, and tulpę

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tulp, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (dülbend), from Persian دلبند (dolband). Doublet of Tulipan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊlpə/
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Noun

Tulpe f (genitive Tulpe, plural Tulpen, diminutive Tülpchen n)

  1. tulip
    Synonym: (obsolete) Tulipan
  2. a glass for mainly wine likened in form to a tulip
  3. (colloquial, dated) someone of a rare demeanour
    1. a fickle girl
  4. (regional, dated) a bumbershoot reversed in form due to the wind in a storm

Declension

Declension of Tulpe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tulpe die Tulpen
genitive einer der Tulpe der Tulpen
dative einer der Tulpe den Tulpen
accusative eine die Tulpe die Tulpen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Estonian: tulp
  • → Kashubian: tëlpa
  • → Latvian: tulpe
  • → Lithuanian: tulpė

Further reading

  • “Tulpe” in Duden online
  • “Tulpe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tulpe

  1. plural of Tulp
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