dopen

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See also: döpen

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

dopen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of dopar

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdoːpə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧pen
  • Rhymes: -oːpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dôpen, from Old Dutch dōpen, from Proto-West Germanic *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną.

Verb

dopen

  1. (transitive) to dip, to immerse
  2. (transitive, Christianity) to baptize, to christen
  3. (transitive) to name (give a name to)
    Synonym: noemen
  4. (transitive) to haze (perform an unpleasant initiation ritual)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dopen (weak)
infinitive dopen
past singular doopte
past participle gedoopt
infinitive dopen
gerund dopen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular doop doopte
2nd person sing. (jij) doopt, doop2 doopte
2nd person sing. (u) doopt doopte
2nd person sing. (gij) doopt doopte
3rd person singular doopt doopte
plural dopen doopten
subjunctive sing.1 dope doopte
subjunctive plur.1 dopen doopten
imperative sing. doop
imperative plur.1 doopt
participles dopend gedoopt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: doop
  • Negerhollands: doop
  • Aukan: dopu
  • Indonesian: dup
  • Papiamentu: dòp
  • Saramaccan: dópu
  • Sranan Tongo: dopu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dopen

  1. plural of doop

German

Pronunciation

Verb

dopen (weak, third-person singular present dopt, past tense dopte, past participle gedopt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (sports) to dope

Conjugation

Further reading

  • dopen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • dopen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • dopen” in Duden online
  • dopen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daupijaną.

Verb

dōpen

  1. to dip, to immerse
  2. to baptise

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • dōpen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Spanish

Verb

dopen

  1. inflection of dopar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

dopen

  1. definite plural of dop