See also: åpen, ąpęn-, and ʔapən

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːpə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -aːpən
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧pen

Noun edit

apen

  1. plural of aap

Finnish edit

Noun edit

apen

  1. genitive singular of appi

Anagrams edit

Ido edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

apen

  1. Alternative form of apene
    Me apen askoltis a la diskuto.
    I hardly listened to the discussion.

Usage notes edit

See apene.

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Bahau [Term?]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

apên (plural apen-apen, first-person possessive apenku, second-person possessive apenmu, third-person possessive apennya)

  1. boat wall

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English apan; equivalent to ape +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun edit

apen

  1. plural of ape

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

apen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

apen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of ape

Scots edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ˈɑp(ə)n/

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English open, from Old English open (open), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (open), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (up from under, over).

Adjective edit

apen (comparative mair apen, superlative maist apen)

  1. open

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English openen, from Old English openian (to open), from Proto-West Germanic *opanōn, from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (to raise; lift; open), from *upanaz (open, adjective).

Verb edit

apen (third-person singular simple present apens, present participle apenin, simple past apent, past participle apent)

  1. to open

Tangam edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tani *a-pɨr.

Noun edit

apen

  1. root

References edit

  • Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

West Frisian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

apen

  1. plural of aap