Possibly from Low German pümpern (“to crush in a mortar”), from Middle Low German pumpen (“to beat, thump”).
pempern (past participle pempert)
| infinitive | pempern | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | subjunctive | |
| 1st person sing. | pemper | - | pempad |
| 2nd person sing. | pemperst | - | pempadst |
| 3rd person sing. | pempert | - | pempad |
| 1st person plur. | pempern | - | pempadn |
| 2nd person plur. | pemperts | - | pempats |
| 3rd person plur. | pempern | - | pempadn |
| imperative sing. | pemper | ||
| imperative plur. | pemperts | ||
| past participle | pempert | ||
Possibly a variant of pimpern, from Low German pümpern (“to crush in a mortar”), from Middle Low German pumpen (“to beat, thump”).
pempern (weak, third-person singular present pempert, past tense pemperte, past participle gepempert, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | pempern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | pempernd | ||||
| past participle | gepempert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich pempre ich pempere ich pemper |
wir pempern | i | ich pempere ich pempre |
wir pempern |
| du pemperst | ihr pempert | du pemperest du pemprest |
ihr pemperet ihr pempret | ||
| er pempert | sie pempern | er pempere er pempre |
sie pempern | ||
| preterite | ich pemperte | wir pemperten | ii | ich pemperte1 | wir pemperten1 |
| du pempertest | ihr pempertet | du pempertest1 | ihr pempertet1 | ||
| er pemperte | sie pemperten | er pemperte1 | sie pemperten1 | ||
| imperative | pempre (du) pemper (du) pempere (du) |
pempert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.