lappen
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch lappen. Equivalent to lap + -en.
Verb edit
lappen
- (transitive) to piece up, to patch, to repair
- (transitive) to patch up, to repair with patches
- (transitive) to raise (money)
- (transitive) to pay up, to put in extra money
- (transitive) to clean with a shammy
- (transitive) to play (a trick) (with indirect object)
- Hij heeft hun een ellendige streek gelapt.
- He played an awful prank on them.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of lappen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lappen | |||
| past singular | lapte | |||
| past participle | gelapt | |||
| infinitive | lappen | |||
| gerund | lappen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lap | lapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lapt | lapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | lapt | lapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | lapt | lapte | ||
| 3rd person singular | lapt | lapte | ||
| plural | lappen | lapten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lappe | lapte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lappen | lapten | ||
| imperative sing. | lap | |||
| imperative plur.1 | lapt | |||
| participles | lappend | gelapt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Berbice Creole Dutch: lapu
- Negerhollands: lap
- → Papiamentu: lapi, lappi
- → Sranan Tongo: laplapu, lappu
- → Kari'na: rapumary
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
lappen
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of earlier Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian, *wlæppian, from Proto-Germanic *wrappan-, *wlappan- (“to wrap, fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). More at envelop, develop.
Verb edit
lappen
Descendants edit
- English: lap
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
lappen m
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
lappen m
Swedish edit
Noun edit
lappen