gapen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch gapen, from Old Dutch *gapon, from Proto-West Germanic *gapōn, from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, be wide open”), related to Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ), Sanskrit विजिहीते (vijihīte), and Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, *ganōną (English yawn).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɣaːpə(n)/
audio (Belgium) (file) audio (Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: ga‧pen
- Rhymes: -aːpən
Verb edit
gapen
- (intransitive) to yawn
- (intransitive) to gape
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of gapen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gapen | |||
| past singular | gaapte | |||
| past participle | gegaapt | |||
| infinitive | gapen | |||
| gerund | gapen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gaap | gaapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gaapt | gaapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | gaapt | gaapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | gaapt | gaapte | ||
| 3rd person singular | gaapt | gaapte | ||
| plural | gapen | gaapten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | gape | gaapte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gapen | gaapten | ||
| imperative sing. | gaap | |||
| imperative plur.1 | gaapt | |||
| participles | gapend | gegaapt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: gaap
- Negerhollands: gav
- → Guyanese Creole English: gapia-mouth (possibly influenced by Virgin Islands Dutch Creole)
- → Papiamentu: hap, haap
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.