Tropf

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁɔp͡f/
  • Hyphenation: Tropf
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Noun

Tropf m (strong, genitive Tropfes or Tropfs, plural Tröpfe)

  1. (medicine) drip (e.g. connected to an IV)
  2. poor sap, poor sod
    • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎:
      O Fluch! o Schande solchen Tröpfen! / Satane stehen auf den Köpfen […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension
Declension of Tropf [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tropf die Tröpfe
genitive eines des Tropfes, Tropfs der Tröpfe
dative einem dem Tropf, Tropfe1 den Tröpfen
accusative einen den Tropf die Tröpfe

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading
  • “Tropf” in Duden online
  • “Tropf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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