Aap
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aap"
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *apō. One of several Ripuarian relict words with an unshifted post-vocalic plosive. Compare deep (“deep”), söke (“to seek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːp/
Noun
Aap m (plural Aape, diminutive Ääpche)
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- aap (Veldeke spelling)
- Naap (Gangelt, Waldfeucht, Dülken)
- Oop (Southern Maaskempens)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː˨p/
- Rhymes: -aːp
Noun
Aap m (plural Aape, diminutive Ääpke or Äppke) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Eupen spelling)
- ape, monkey
- (generally in the diminutive, as a term of endearment) mischievous child, rascal
Derived terms
- aape
- Aapegeseech
- Aapejula
- Aapejäckske
- Aapekarr
- Aapekass
- Aapekendsche
- Aapeklos
- Aapeklötsch
- Aapekopp
- Aapekruud
- Aapekääl
- Aapeköster
- Aapeküneng
- aapelus
- Aapemaan
- Aapemull
- Aapenell
- Aapenuut
- Aapeschnut
- Aapespill
- aapesvots
- Aapevott
- Aapächteg
Low German
Alternative forms
- Ap (some dialects, including Low Prussian)
- Ape (Münsterland, Vest Recklinghausen)
- Oop (some dialects)
- aap (Dutch Low Saxon)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Middle Low German āpe, from Old Saxon apo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).
Noun
Aap m (plural Apen) (in some German Low German varieties)
Synonyms
- Aapkatt / Oopkatt
Derived terms
- Aapkatt
- aapsch
- Apenhuus
- Apenminsch
- Apenmoors
- Apenswanz
- Apentähn
- apig
- den Aap Zucker geven
- Minschenaap
- sik as en Aap benehmen
- sik to 'n Aap maken
See also
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Saterland Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːp/
- Hyphenation: Aap
- Rhymes: -aːp
Noun
Aap m (plural Ape)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:Kus.
Related terms
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Aap”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN