Top

See also: Appendix:Variations of "top"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and German Top.

Proper noun

Top (plural Tops)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Top is the 38332^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Top is most common among White (62.28%), Asian/Pacific Islander (16.61%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Top”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Dutch

Etymology

From the noun top. Also found in German.

Proper noun

Top

1. a surname

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English top, whence also inherited Zopf (“bundle of hair”) and, from Low German, Topp (“top of the mast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔp/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: top, topp, Topp

Noun

Top n (strong, genitive Tops, plural Tops)

1. (clothing) a casual women's shirt, often with very short sleeves; a top

Declension

Declension of Top [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Top	die	Tops
genitive	eines	des	Tops	der	Tops
dative	einem	dem	Top	den	Tops
accusative	ein	das	Top	die	Tops

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian top, topp, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz.

Noun

Top m

1. top; summit; peak
2. tuft