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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Dutch

Etymology

From the noun top. Also found in German.

Proper noun

Top

1. a surname

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔp/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophones: top, topp, Topp

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English top, of the same origin as inherited Zopf (“bundle of hair”) and, via Low German, Topp (“top of the mast”).

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of topographische Bezeichnung.

Noun

Top f (genitive Top, plural Tops)

1. (Austria) an apartment unit inside a building complex (often required in addressing in addition to the house number of a street and possibly the Stiege)

   Near-synonyms: Wohnungseinheit, Vermietungseinheit

   • 2017 July 5, Verwaltungsgericht Wien, Gz. GW-241/041/RP07/7852/2017-3‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 July 2022:

     Die Wohnung wurde ca. vor 15 Jahren von ihm gekauft und er war alleiniger Eigentümer im Grundbuch. Es handelt sich um das Objekt ..., Linz, glaublich ist die Top Nr. Stiege… Tür ….

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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