hoopje

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Noun

hoopje n (plural hoopjes)

  1. Diminutive of hoop

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn. Cognates include West Frisian hoopje and German hoffen.

Verb

hoopje

  1. (intransitive) to hope
  2. (intransitive, + ap) to wait (on)
  3. (intransitive, + fon) to expect (from)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hoopje (weak type 2)
Grúundfoarme hoopje
Infinitive tou hoopjen
Present tense Past tense
iek hoopje wie hoopje iek hopede wie hopeden
du hopest jie hoopje du hopedest jie hopeden
hie/ju/dät hopet jo hoopje hie/ju/dät hopede jo hopeden
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
hoopjend Singular hoop häbe hoped
Plural hoopjet

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *hāpia, from Proto-West Germanic *haupōn. Cognates include West Frisian heapje and German häufen.

Verb

hoopje

  1. (transitive) to heap; to pile up
Conjugation
Conjugation of hoopje (weak type 2)
Grúundfoarme hoopje
Infinitive tou hoopjen
Present tense Past tense
iek hoopje wie hoopje iek hopede wie hopeden
du hopest jie hoopje du hopedest jie hopeden
hie/ju/dät hopet jo hoopje hie/ju/dät hopede jo hopeden
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
hoopjend Singular hoop häbe hoped
Plural hoopjet

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “hoopje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn.

Pronunciation

Verb

hoopje

  1. to hope

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive hoopje
3rd singular past hope
past participle hope
infinitive hoopje
long infinitive hoopjen
gerund hoopjen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular hoopje hope
2nd singular hopest hopest
3rd singular hopet hope
plural hoopje hopen
imperative hoopje
participles hoopjend hope

Further reading

  • “hoopje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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