tappen

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

tappen (uncountable)

  1. A plug that forms in the anus of a bear or other mammal during hibernation.
    • 1831, Lews Lloyd, Field sports of the north Europe, volume 1, page 98:
      The inference drawn by the northern chasseurs from this is, that the tappen, in conjunction with repose, is the cause of the bear retaining his condition, though without taking any kind of nourishment, for nearly one-half of the year.
    • 1951, The New York State Conservationist, volumes 6-7, page 60:
      No food can pass through the system and a mechanical obstruction called a tappen or plug blocks the passage.
    • 1958, Will Barker, Winter-Sleeping Wildlife, page 41:
      Many hunters believe that the size of the tappen determines how soundly and how long a bear sleeps

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

tappen

  1. definite singular of tap

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑpə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tappen. Equivalent to tap +‎ -en.

Verb

tappen

  1. (transitive) to tap (draw off liquid from a vessel)
Inflection
Inflection of tappen (weak)
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tapu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tappen

  1. plural of tap

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tāpen, from the onomatopoeic interjection tapp imitating soft walking sounds (of either animals or humans), whence also tipp tapp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtapən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tap‧pen

Verb

tappen (weak, third-person singular present tappt, past tense tappte, past participle getappt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to pad (walk softly, quietly or steadily)
  2. (intransitive) to grope, frisk (search by feeling)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “tappen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tæppian, from Proto-Germanic *tappōną; equivalent to tappe (plug) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

tappen (rare)

  1. To let fluids flow from a spout.
  2. To retail beer.
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old French tapper, taper, from a Germanic language and ultimately imitative.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

tappen (rare)

  1. To tap; to touch gently with hand or foot.
Conjugation
Descendants
References

Swedish

Noun

tappen

  1. definite singular of tapp c
  2. definite plural of tapp n