drop – Dutch noun declension

Noun: drop
Gender: Feminine, Neuter Hyphenation:

uncountable

Sg.	drop
Pl.	droppen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like drop

admiraalschap, gereedschap, slokop, sokpop, kandidaatschap, aalbessensap, maanlandschap, bergtop, gezelschap, batterijkip, koffiekop, vervolgstap, boorkop, kleine boodschap, lensklep, partnerschap, spinnekop, buikspreekpop, babypop, cabaretgezelschap, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Middle Dutch drope (“drop”), from Old Dutch dropo, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. When unsuffixed, drop is more common than drup, but suffixed druppel is more common than droppel; this is likely due to the effects of i-umlaut triggered by the suffix -el. Indeed, drup is assumed to be based on druppel, as drop is the linguistically expected form (Germanic *u becomes Dutch o).
2. The sense “licorice” developed from the sense “drop of licorice extract”; compare also English lemon drop. See: English Nouns 'lemon drop'.

Verbs referencing "drop"

English Nouns drop.

Translations