From Middle Dutch coppelen, which is likely denominative from coppel (modern koppel) and/or directly from Old French cupler. By surface analysis, koppel (“couple”) + -en.
koppelen
Conjugation of koppelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | koppelen | |||
past singular | koppelde | |||
past participle | gekoppeld | |||
infinitive | koppelen | |||
gerund | koppelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | koppel | koppelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | koppelt, koppel2 | koppelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | koppelt | koppelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | koppelt | koppelde | ||
3rd person singular | koppelt | koppelde | ||
plural | koppelen | koppelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | koppele | koppelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | koppelen | koppelden | ||
imperative sing. | koppel | |||
imperative plur.1 | koppelt | |||
participles | koppelend | gekoppeld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |