Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

napp

/nˈæp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: napp
IPA: /nˈæp/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

Various origins: * As an English surname, variant of Nabb or reduced from McNabb. * As a German surname, a variant spelling of Knapp. * English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of tablecloths, from Old French nappe (“table cloth”). * Borrowed from German Napp, a metonymic occupational surname for a bowl or cup maker, from Middle Low German nap (“bowl, mug”), from Old Saxon *hnapp, from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, nappe, Napp, nap, *hnapp

Inflected Forms

Napps (plural)

Homonyms

knapp

Rhymes With

app map cap gap crap trap tap snap wrap lap rap slap

Questions

How do you pronounce napp?: The recorded pronunciation is /nˈæp/.
What does napp mean?: A surname.
Where does napp come from?: It is traced to German.

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