Pfropfen

pfropfen German Alternative forms de Pfropf somewhat less common de Proppen in informal compounds; otherwise only colloquial Etymology From de gml proppen proppen, prop, borrowed into East Central German and thence into the standard language (early 18th century). The modern form is a secondary adaptation to the Upper German consonantism, based formally on the verb de pfropfen (“to engraft”, eventually from la propago), which in Low and Central German had the form de proppen, thus identical to the unrelated noun. Cognate with nl prop. Pronunciation de /ˈpfʁɔpfən/ standard de /ˈfʁɔpfən/ [ˈfʁɔpɸn̩] northern and central Germany de /ˈpfʁɔpfɛn/ [ˈpfrɔpfɱ̩] Southern German,Austria,Bavaria de De-Pfropfen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ɔp͡fn̩ 2 Noun m de regional plug; something intended to plug de regional plug; clot; something that happens to plug Usage notes The normal word for sense 1 is de Stöpsel, which cannot be used in sense 2, however. In the latter, de Pfropfen is more northern and eastern, while de Stopfen is the more southern and western word. The written language prefers de Pfropfen. Declension m Synonyms plug de Stopfen; de Stöpsel clot de Stopfen; de Verstopfung Derived terms de pfropfen one of two etymologies Further reading