Tulpe

See also: tulpe, tulpē, tulpė, and tulpę

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʊlpə/
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Noun

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

tulip
Synonym: (obsolete) Tulipan
a glass for mainly wine likened in form to a tulip
(colloquial, dated) someone of a rare demeanour
1. a fickle girl
(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

Biertulpe
Tulpenbaum
Tulpenblatt
Tulpenblüte
Tulpenstengel
Tulpenstrauß
Tulpenzwiebel

Descendants

→ Estonian: tulp
→ Kashubian: tëlpón
→ Latvian: tulpe
→ Lithuanian: tulpė

Further reading

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

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tulpe

plural of Tulp

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