lüpfen
/ˈlʏpfən/ · verb
Meaning
- to slightly lift a covering in order to see or show that beneath it
- alternative form of lupfen
Etymology / origin
From Middle High German lüpfen (“to raise; to rise”). Further origin uncertain; but if the original meaning were “to jump up”, possibly related with German laufen, English leap. Compare Danish loppe (“flea”), dialectal English lop (“flea”).
- lop(English)→
- loppe(Danish)→
- leap(English)→
- laufen(German)→
- lüpfen(gmh)→
- lüpfen (German)
- Relations: inh, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- lüpfe(Alemannic German) (cog)
- loppa(Swedish) (cog)
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