tappen (uncountable)
tappen
From Middle Dutch tappen. Equivalent to tap + -en.
tappen
Inflection of tappen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | tappen | |||
past singular | tapte | |||
past participle | getapt | |||
infinitive | tappen | |||
gerund | tappen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | tap | tapte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | tapt | tapte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | tapt | tapte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | tapt | tapte | ||
3rd person singular | tapt | tapte | ||
plural | tappen | tapten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | tappe | tapte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | tappen | tapten | ||
imperative sing. | tap | |||
imperative plur.1 | tapt | |||
participles | tappend | getapt | ||
1) Archaic. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
tappen
From Middle High German tāpen, from the onomatopoeic interjection tapp imitating soft walking sounds (of either animals or humans), whence also tipp tapp.
tappen (weak, third-person singular present tappt, past tense tappte, past participle getappt, auxiliary haben or sein)
infinitive | tappen | ||||
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present participle | tappend | ||||
past participle | getappt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tappe | wir tappen | i | ich tappe | wir tappen |
du tappst | ihr tappt | du tappest | ihr tappet | ||
er tappt | sie tappen | er tappe | sie tappen | ||
preterite | ich tappte | wir tappten | ii | ich tappte1 | wir tappten1 |
du tapptest | ihr tapptet | du tapptest1 | ihr tapptet1 | ||
er tappte | sie tappten | er tappte1 | sie tappten1 | ||
imperative | tapp (du) tappe (du) |
tappt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Old English tæppian, from Proto-Germanic *tappōną; equivalent to tappe (“plug”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
tappen (rare)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
From Old French tapper, taper, from a Germanic language and ultimately imitative.
tappen (rare)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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