From Middle Dutch cleppen, from Old Dutch *cleppen, from Proto-West Germanic *klappijan. Equivalent to klap (“clap”) + -en (“denominative”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.
kleppen
Conjugation of kleppen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | kleppen | |||
past singular | klepte | |||
past participle | geklept | |||
infinitive | kleppen | |||
gerund | kleppen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | klep | klepte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | klept, klep2 | klepte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | klept | klepte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | klept | klepte | ||
3rd person singular | klept | klepte | ||
plural | kleppen | klepten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | kleppe | klepte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | kleppen | klepten | ||
imperative sing. | klep | |||
imperative plur.1 | klept | |||
participles | kleppend | geklept | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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