From Middle Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (“to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Forms doublets with Dutch schrappen (“to strike through; to cancel; to scrap”) and schrabben (“to scratch”). Related to schrabbelen (“to scratch repeatedly”). Cognate to English scrape, scrap and scrab.
schrapen
| Conjugation of schrapen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schrapen | |||
| past singular | schraapte | |||
| past participle | geschraapt | |||
| infinitive | schrapen | |||
| gerund | schrapen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schraap | schraapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schraapt, schraap2 | schraapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schraapt | schraapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schraapt | schraapte | ||
| 3rd person singular | schraapt | schraapte | ||
| plural | schrapen | schraapten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | schrape | schraapte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | schrapen | schraapten | ||
| imperative sing. | schraap | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schraapt | |||
| participles | schrapend | geschraapt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||