foppen
Conjugation of foppen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | foppen | |||
past singular | fopte | |||
past participle | gefopt | |||
infinitive | foppen | |||
gerund | foppen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | fop | fopte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | fopt, fop2 | fopte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | fopt | fopte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | fopt | fopte | ||
3rd person singular | fopt | fopte | ||
plural | foppen | fopten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | foppe | fopte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | foppen | fopten | ||
imperative sing. | fop | |||
imperative plur.1 | fopt | |||
participles | foppend | gefopt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch focken (“to breed; to fuck; to tease”). Compare modern Dutch fokken. German foppen developed and spread in Rotwelsch (criminal’s jargon), originally meaning “to trick, deceive” (15th century).
foppen (weak, third-person singular present foppt, past tense foppte, past participle gefoppt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | foppen | ||||
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present participle | foppend | ||||
past participle | gefoppt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich foppe | wir foppen | i | ich foppe | wir foppen |
du foppst | ihr foppt | du foppest | ihr foppet | ||
er foppt | sie foppen | er foppe | sie foppen | ||
preterite | ich foppte | wir foppten | ii | ich foppte1 | wir foppten1 |
du fopptest | ihr fopptet | du fopptest1 | ihr fopptet1 | ||
er foppte | sie foppten | er foppte1 | sie foppten1 | ||
imperative | fopp (du) foppe (du) |
foppt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.