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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch werpen, Middle Dutch werpen, from Old Dutch werpan, from Proto-West Germanic *werpan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.
Cognate with German werfen.
Pronunciation
Verb
werp (present werp, present participle werpende, past participle gewerp)
- (transitive) to throw
- Synonyms: gooi, smyt
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
werp
- inflection of werpen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
Verb
werp
- Alternative form of werpen
Etymology 2
Noun
werp
- Alternative form of warp