zerp
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sarp, from Old Dutch *sarp, from Proto-West Germanic *sarp. Cognate with Old High German sarf. Further etymology uncertain, but the word has been related to ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, sickle, scimitar”), Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ (“sickle”), apparently deriving from a Proto-Indo-European root with a meaning relating to sharpness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɛrp/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zerp
- Rhymes: -ɛrp
Adjective
zerp (comparative zerper, superlative zerpst)
Declension
| Declension of zerp | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | zerp | |||
| inflected | zerpe | |||
| comparative | zerper | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | zerp | zerper | het zerpst het zerpste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zerpe | zerpere | zerpste |
| n. sing. | zerp | zerper | zerpste | |
| plural | zerpe | zerpere | zerpste | |
| definite | zerpe | zerpere | zerpste | |
| partitive | zerps | zerpers | — | |
Derived terms
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zerp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin serpe, serpes, from Latin serpēns.
Noun
zerp f (plural zerps)