lomp

See also: Lomp

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɔmp/
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  • Hyphenation: lomp
  • Rhymes: -ɔmp

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from lomp (“rag”). Compare West Frisian lomp (“rude”), German Low German Lump (“bounder; cad”), German Lump (“rogue; cad”).

Adjective

lomp (comparative lomper, superlative lompst)

  1. coarse; rude; surly; boorish; unrefined; uncouth; unsophisticated; unmannered
    Zeg, lompe boer, staat/trapt eens op uw eigen tenen!
    Hey, unmannered boor, step on your own toes, will you!
  2. (chiefly southern) dumb
    Hoe kunt ge nu zo lomp zijn niet te weten hoeveel twee plus twee is?!
    How can you be so dumb not knowing how much is two plus two?
Inflection
Inflection of lomp
uninflected lomp
inflected lompe
comparative lomper
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lomplomperhet lompst
het lompste
indefinite m./f. sing. lompelomperelompste
n. sing. lomplomperlompste
plural lompelomperelompste
definite lompelomperelompste
partitive lompslompers—
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lombo
  • Negerhollands: lomp
  • → Lokono: lompo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *lumpa-, related to *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”), similar to German Lumpen (“tatter, rag”).

Noun

lomp f (plural lompen)

  1. A rag.
    Synonyms: lor, vod
Derived terms
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