topp

• IPA^(key): /tɔp/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

topp

1. singular imperative of toppen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of toppen

Borrowed from Low German topp, perhaps related to Middle Low German toppen (“to beat”).

topp

1. (dated) Indicates agreement, especially of an arrangement or a wager.

   Topp, die Wette gilt! ― Alright, the bet is on!

   • 1772, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti‎, 4. Aufzug, 1. Auftritt:

     Und als dieses—mag er doch geschehen sein, wie er will!—Ein Graf mehr in der Welt oder weniger! Denke ich Ihnen so recht?—Topp! auch ich erschrecke vor einem kleinen Verbrechen nicht.

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   • 1784, Friedrich Schiller, Kabale und Liebe [Intrigue and Love], 5. Akt, 7. Szene:

     Thoren sind's, die von ewiger Liebe schwatzen. Ewiges Einerlei widersteht, Veränderung nur ist das Salz des Vergnügens—Topp, Luise! Ich bin dabei—Wir hüpfen von Roman zu Roman, wälzen uns von Schlamme zu Schlamm […]

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   • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Studirzimmer”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎:

     Faust. […] Die Wette biet’ ich! / Mephistopheles. Top!

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

topp

1. Alternative form of top

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”).

• IPA^(key): /tɔpː/
• Rhymes: -ɔp

topp m (definite singular toppen, indefinite plural topper, definite plural toppene)

1. the top (highest point)
2. a top (garment covering the upper body)
3. peak, summit (e.g. of a mountain)

• “topp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse toppr.

• IPA^(key): /tɔpː/

topp m (definite singular toppen, indefinite plural toppar, definite plural toppane)

1. the top (highest point)
2. a top (garment covering the upper body)
3. peak, summit (e.g. of a mountain)

• “topp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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From Old Swedish topper, tupper, from Old Norse toppr, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dumb- (“tail, rod, staff, pole, penis”).

topp c

1. top, peak
2. top; head (topmost part of anything)

• bergstopp (“mountain peak”)
• sockertopp (“sugar-loaf; sweetheart”)
• toppluva (“bobble hat”)

• → Finnish: toppa (“pile, heap; cylindrical container”)

Borrowed from French tope, from the verb toper.

topp

1. (colloquial) agreed!

• topp in Svensk ordbok.
• topp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)