From Bep + -en. Likely also influenced by the synonym kleppen. The use of an old-fashioned lower-class female (nick)name was likely intended to associate chit-chatting with older women from a modest background.
beppen
Conjugation of beppen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | beppen | |||
past singular | bepte | |||
past participle | gebept | |||
infinitive | beppen | |||
gerund | beppen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bep | bepte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bept, bep2 | bepte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bept | bepte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bept | bepte | ||
3rd person singular | bept | bepte | ||
plural | beppen | bepten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | beppe | bepte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | beppen | bepten | ||
imperative sing. | bep | |||
imperative plur.1 | bept | |||
participles | beppend | gebept | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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