beppen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Bep + -en. Likely also influenced by the synonym kleppen. The use of an old-fashioned lower-class female (nick)name was likely intended to associate chit-chatting with older women from a modest background.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
beppen
- (intransitive, Netherlands, colloquial) to chit-chat, to blab
Inflection edit
| Inflection of beppen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | beppen | |||
| past singular | bepte | |||
| past participle | gebept | |||
| infinitive | beppen | |||
| gerund | beppen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bep | bepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bept | bepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bept | bepte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bept | bepte | ||
| 3rd person singular | bept | bepte | ||
| plural | beppen | bepten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | beppe | bepte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | beppen | bepten | ||
| imperative sing. | bep | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bept | |||
| participles | beppend | gebept | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
West Frisian edit
Noun edit
beppen