Pfropfen

See also: pfropfen

German

Alternative forms

Pfropf (somewhat less common)
Proppen (only colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle Low German proppen, prop. The modern consonantism is a secondary adaptation to Upper German (in which the word does not originally exist).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pfʁɔpfən/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /fʁɔpfən/, [fʁɔpɸn̩] (northern Germany, central Germany)
Audio (file)

Noun

Pfropfen m (genitive Pfropfens, plural Pfropfen)

(regional) plug; something intended to plug
(regional) plug; clot; something that happens to plug

Declension

Declension of Pfropfen

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pfropfen	die	Pfropfen
genitive	eines	des	Pfropfens	der	Pfropfen
dative	einem	dem	Pfropfen	den	Pfropfen
accusative	einen	den	Pfropfen	die	Pfropfen

Synonyms

(plug): Stopfen; Stöpsel (the commonest word)
(clot): Stopfen

Derived terms

pfropfen

Further reading

Pfropfen in Duden online

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