-trup

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The suffix -trup (partly from -rut [e]) as part of place names stands for village . It is one of the general endings for village with -dorf , -torf, -troff, -druf, -druff , niederdt. -dorp, -dbod, -torp, -trop, -trup, -rup , dan. -torf, -torp, -trup, -rup , cf. engl. -thorp . It generally refers to a rural settlement.

Examples

Germany

Lower Saxony :

North Rhine-Westphalia :

Saxony :

Schleswig-Holstein :

Thuringia :

Denmark

Sweden