foppen

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German foppen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔpə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔpən

Verb

foppen

  1. (transitive) to fool, to trick, to deceive
    Synonyms: beetnemen, bij de neus nemen, in de maling nemen, om de tuin leiden, tuk hebben, voor de gek houden

Conjugation

Conjugation of foppen (weak)
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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: fop
  • Petjo: fop, foppentjes
  • Papiamentu: fop (dated)

German

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Verb

foppen (weak, third-person singular present foppt, past tense foppte, past participle gefoppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to put on, to tease, to hoax
    Synonym: necken
    • 1907, Robert Walser, Geschwister Tanner:
      So die Natur zu lieben, wie er, muß eine Qual sein und ist eine Schande; denn ein Mann von Vernunft läßt sich nicht lange von einem Gegenstand, und sei es auch die Natur selber, foppen und narren und peinigen.
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    • 1912, Erich Mühsam, chapter 3, in Tagebücher 1910–1924, published 1994, →ISBN:
      In bezug auf Landauer versuchte er, mich vor die Alternative zu stellen: Er oder Er! Ich lehnte solche Alternative schroff ab, woraus sich die psychologische Erklärung ergab: Ich habe das Bedürfnis, mich von aller Welt foppen zu lassen.
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    • 1915, Paul Keller, Ferien vom Ich:
      „Hören Sie mal, Gevatter“, sagte ich, „Sie foppen uns. Das Pferd hat viel Geld gekostet.“
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