plomp

• IPA^(key): /plɔmp/

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• Hyphenation: plomp
• Rhymes: -ɔmp

From Middle Dutch plomp, of unknown origin, perhaps onomatopoetic with influence from lomp (“coarse, rude; dumb”).

plomp (comparative plomper, superlative plompst)

1. clumsy, oafish
2. blunt, coarse

• plompverloren

• Negerhollands: plomp

From Middle Dutch plompe, aplompe, of uncertain origin, probably related to dialectal plomp (“a kind of fishing stick”).

plomp m (plural plompen, diminutive plompje n)

1. Name of various aquatic plant species of water lily family.

Onomatopoeic.

plomp

1. Representing the sound of a heavy falling object hitting a liquid; splash

plomp m (plural plompen, diminutive plompje n)

1. The sound of a heavy falling object hitting a liquid; splash
2. Any small, standing body of water; puddle, pool
3. (dialectal) A kind of fishing stick used to frighten the fish to keep them together when fishing with a seine

• D. Bomhoff (1857) Nieuw Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, The Hague: Gebroeders Belinfante, page 723
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

• plomb (alternative orthography)

From Latin plumbum.

plomp m

1. lead (metal)