passen

English

Etymology

From Middle English passen, from Old French passer; equivalent to pass +‎ -en.

Verb

passen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of pass
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     In forreine landes, and all which passen by,
     Beholding it from far, do thinke it threates the skye.

   • 1614, William Browne, Thyrsis' Praise of His Mistress:

     They in pleasing passen all.

   • 1647, Henry More, Insomnium Philosophicum:

     And all his creatures, as they passen by
     In goodly pomp, they view with scornfull eye.

Anagrams

• aspens, snapes, sneaps, spanes, speans

Catalan

Verb

passen

1. third-person plural present indicative of passar

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: pas‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɑsən

Verb

passen

1. (intransitive) to fit (have the right size)
2. (transitive) to try on, to fit, to try for size
3. (intransitive) to befit, to suit, to behoove, to be appropriate
4. (card games) to pass

Inflection

Derived terms

• aanpassen
• ongepast
• pasbeurt
• pashokje
• toepassen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pas
• Berbice Creole Dutch: pasi
• Negerhollands: pas
• → Caribbean Javanese: pas
• → Papiamentu: pas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass. Equivalent to pass +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsə(n)/
• Hyphenation: pas‧sen
• Rhymes: -aːsən
• Homophone: Pasen

Verb

passen

1. (transitive, sports) to pass
2. (transitive, slang) to give, to pass something over to someone, e.g. a jonko.

Inflection

Related terms

• pass

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: pas‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɑsən

Noun

passen

1. plural of pas

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasən/,

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French passer, intermediated and influenced by Dutch passen. Compare the noun Pass. From Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).

Verb

passen (weak, third-person singular present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)

1. (with dative) to fit
2. (with dative) to suit, to be suitable
3. (intransitive, with zu) to go with (correspond or fit well with, to match)
4. (card games) to pass

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pass +‎ -en, a 20th century borrowing from English pass. Same root as Etymology 1.

Verb

passen (weak, third-person singular present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)

1. (sports) to pass (to move the ball or puck to a teammate)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “passen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “passen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “passen” in Duden online
• “passen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From French passer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsən/

Verb

passen (third-person singular present passt, past participle gepasst, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to fit
2. (intransitive) to match, to suit
3. (transitive, sports) to pass

Conjugation

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pasen, pacen

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, ultimately from Latin pandō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasən/

Verb

passen (third-person singular simple present passeth, present participle passende, passynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle passed) (Past participle can also be past.)

1. to pass

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: pass, pace
• Scots: pass
• Yola: paaced (preterite)

References

• “passen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Noun

passen

1. definite singular of pass c (“pass (of the ball, in sports)”)
2. definite plural of pass n (“passport; mountain pass; pace; etc.”)

Anagrams

• aspens, senaps