# loppe
## Danish
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”) (see *hlaupaną (“to leap, jump”)).

### Noun

loppe c (singular definite loppen, plural indefinite lopper)
* (insects) A flea.

#### Derived terms

* hundeloppe
* katteloppe
* loppebid
* loppecirkus
* loppefrø
* loppehalsbånd
* loppemarked
* loppepulver
* loppespil
* loppestik
* loppetjans
* loppetorv
* menneskeloppe
* rotteloppe

### Verb

loppe (imperative lop, infinitive at loppe, present tense lopper, past tense loppede, perfect tense har loppet)
* To remove fleas from the body.

#### Conjugation

activepassive
present
lopper
loppes
past
loppede
loppedes
infinitive
loppe
loppes
imperative
lop
participle
present
loppende
past
loppet (auxiliary verb have)
gerund
loppen :

### References

* “loppe” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “loppe,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔp.pe/
* Rhymes: -ɔppe
* Hyphenation: lòp‧pe

### Noun

loppe
* plural of loppa

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English loppe, lobbe, from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ and Proto-Germanic *luppǭ.

#### Alternative forms

* lob, lop, lopp

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɔp(ə)/, /ˈlɔb(ə)/

#### Noun

loppe (plural loppes)
* A spider or arachnid.
* A flea, fly, or other small insect.
* (astronomy) Cancer (constellation)

##### Related terms

* loppestere

##### Descendants

* English: lop (dialectal)

##### References

* “loppe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

### Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin loppa, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *lopp, related to Norwegian lopa, lopna (“to become loosened by moisture”).

#### Alternative forms

* lappe, lopp

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlo(ə)/, /ˈskrab(ə)/

#### Noun

loppe (plural loppes)
* A set of boughs, branches, or cuttings.
* An individual bough, branch, or cutting.

##### Descendants

* English: lop

##### References

* “loppe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).

### Noun

loppe f or m (definite singular loppa or loppen, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)
* flea (a wingless parasitical insect)
* An item for sale in a flea market.

#### Derived terms

* loppemarked

### References

* “loppe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).

### Noun

loppe f (definite singular loppa, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)
* flea (a wingless parasitical insect)
* An item for sale in a flea market.

#### Derived terms

* loppemarknad

### References

* “loppe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* lobbe

### Etymology

Sense of "spider, silkworm" from Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”), Middle Low German lobbe and Middle Dutch lobbe (“dangling part”), Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More at lobe.
Sense of "flea" from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”), Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlop.pe/

### Noun

loppe f
* spider (perhaps also flea)
* silkworm

#### Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

#### Descendants

* Middle English: loppe
** English: lop