gappen

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish כאַפּן (khapn, “to grab”), from Polish chapać.

Attested since 1875.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑpə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: gap‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Verb

gappen

  1. (Netherlands, Bargoens, transitive, informal) to steal, to appropriate oneself something

Conjugation

Conjugation of gappen (weak)
infinitive gappen
past singular gapte
past participle gegapt
infinitive gappen
gerund gappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gap gapte
2nd person sing. (jij) gapt, gap2 gapte
2nd person sing. (u) gapt gapte
2nd person sing. (gij) gapt gapte
3rd person singular gapt gapte
plural gappen gapten
subjunctive sing.1 gappe gapte
subjunctive plur.1 gappen gapten
imperative sing. gap
imperative plur.1 gapt
participles gappend gegapt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: gaps
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