Lappe
German, noun/ˈlapə/
Lappe is spelled L-A-P-P-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lappe is a German masculine noun meaning “native of Lapland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein eingeborenes Volk, das im Norden Finnlands, Schwedens und Norwegens lebt”.
What does Lappe mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinenative of Lapland
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein eingeborenes Volk, das im Norden Finnlands, Schwedens und Norwegens lebt 2. ein Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Volkes
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 Lappe
- Lappen genitive
- Lappin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lappe?
- /ˈlapə/
- [ˈlapə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lappe in German?
Lappe appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).