zappen

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English zap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛpə(n)/, /ˈzɑpə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zap‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛpən, -ɑpən

Verb

zappen

  1. (intransitive) to zap, channel surf, channel hop, to change TV channels repeatedly and/or by remote control

Conjugation

Conjugation of zappen (weak)
infinitive zappen
past singular zapte
past participle gezapt
infinitive zappen
gerund zappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zap zapte
2nd person sing. (jij) zapt, zap2 zapte
2nd person sing. (u) zapt zapte
2nd person sing. (gij) zapt zapte
3rd person singular zapt zapte
plural zappen zapten
subjunctive sing.1 zappe zapte
subjunctive plur.1 zappen zapten
imperative sing. zap
imperative plur.1 zapt
participles zappend gezapt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English zap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛpən/, /ˈtsapən/ (both common; former perhaps somewhat predominant)
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

zappen (weak, third-person singular present zappt, past tense zappte, past participle gezappt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to zap, channel surf, channel hop (change TV channels repeatedly)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • zappen” in Duden online
  • zappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache