Tropf
German, noun
Tropf is a German masculine noun meaning “drip (e.g. connected to an IV)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, tropf is a different word: “singular imperative of tropfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorrichtung für eine medizinische Infusion”.
What does Tropf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrip (e.g. connected to an IV)
- 2
masculinepoor sap, poor sod
verb
- 1
singular imperative of tropfen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of tropfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorrichtung für eine medizinische Infusion 2. armer oder bedauernswerter Mensch 3. einfältiger, geistig „minderbemittelter“ Mensch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Tropf
- Tropfes genitive
- Tropfs genitive
- Tröpfe plural
- Tropfe dative singular
- Tröpfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Tropf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tropf in German?
Tropf appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).