klapfan

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cog. clap?”)

Verb

klapfan (third-person singular present indicative klapfet, past participle gaklàpfet, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to scrounge, snag, scavenge

   Ze hamme gaklàpfet abe alles bas ar hat gahat.

   She scrounged everything he had off him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of klapfan

infinitive		klapfan
present participle		klapfanten
past participle		gaklàpfet
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich klapfe	bar klapfan	i	ich klapfe	bar klapfan
	du klapfest	iart klapfet		du klapfest	iart klapfet
	ear klapfet	ze klapfent		ear klapfe	ze klapfan
preterite (composed)	ich han gaklàpfet	bar haban gaklàpfet	ii	ich klapfate	bar klapfatan
	du hast gaklàpfet	iart habet gaklàpfet		du klapfatest	iart klapfatet
	ear hat gaklàpfet	ze habent gaklàpfet		ear klapfate	ze klapfatan
imperative	—	klapfabar
	klapf (du)	klapfet (iart)
	klapfe (ear)	klapfan (ze)

Further reading

• “klapfan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo