Message: "Krapp" - Behind the Name

[Surname] Krapp

by GETB (guest)

2/2/2015, 8:38 PM

I am sure I've seen this surname before and its German but... What does it mean? I dobut it shares any meaning with its English homophone so?

#Krapp

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- Lepic +1

2/3/2015, 8:11 AM

Krapp is the Low German variant of Krapf whose origin you'll find at http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=krapf. It has nothing to do with English Crapper for which see tinyurl.com/l97tddq.

- GETB (guest)

2/3/2015, 5:08 PM

thanks :D

- Jim Young (guest) +1

2/3/2015, 3:48 AM

I don't know German but this article may have the answer -
http://www.farbimpulse.de/Rot-aus-einer-Pflanzenwurzel-Krapp.177.0.html
From what I can gather Krapp is the name of a dye, perhaps no longer in use. If so the name may be a metonymic for a dyer.

- Getb (guest)

2/3/2015, 5:07 PM

thanks, that says a lot, I am just sad I dont read German

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