lappen

Dutch

Noun

lappen

1. Plural form of lap#Dutch

Verb

lappen

1. to piece up, patch, repair
2. to raise (money)
3. to clean with a shammy

Conjugation

Conjugation of lappen (weak)

infinitive	lappen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	lap	lapte
2nd person singular	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	(hebben) gelapt
1)Archaic.

Derived terms

• oplappen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• wlappen

Etymology

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.

Verb

lappen

1. to wrap, fold

Descendants

• English: lap

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Swedish

Noun

lappen

1. definite singular of lapp