trappe

See also: Trappe and trappé

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German trappe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /trapə/, [ˈtˢʁɑb̥ə]

Noun

trappe c (singular definite trappen, plural indefinite trapper)

  1. stairs, stairway
  2. bustard

Inflection
Declension of trappe
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trappe trappen trapper trapperne
genitive trappes trappens trappers trappernes

References

Dutch

Verb

trappe

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of trappen

French

Etymology

From Middle French trappe, from Old French trape (“trap, snare”), from Old Frankish *trappa (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, *tramp- (“to step”). More at English trap.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁap/
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Noun

trappe f (plural trappes)

  1. hatch or trap door

Further reading

Interlingue

Noun

trappe

  1. trap
  • trappar
  • trappero

Middle English

Noun

trappe (plural trappes)

  1. trap (device for catching)

Descendants

Norman

Noun

trappe f (plural trappes)

  1. (Jersey) trapdoor
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