passen
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English passen, from Old French passer; equivalent to pass + -en.
Verb Edit
passen
- (obsolete) plural simple present of pass
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- In forreine landes, and all which passen by,
Beholding it from far, do thinke it threates the skye.
- 1614, William Browne, Thyrsis' Praise of His Mistress:
- They in pleasing passen all.
- 1647, Henry More, Insomnium Philosophicum:
- And all his creatures, as they passen by
In goodly pomp, they view with scornfull eye.
Anagrams Edit
Catalan Edit
Verb Edit
passen
- third-person plural present indicative form of passar
Dutch Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
passen
- (intransitive) to fit (have the right size)
- (transitive) to try on, to fit, to try for size
- (intransitive) to befit, to suit, to behoove, to be appropriate
- (card games) to pass
Inflection Edit
| Inflection of passen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | passen | |||
| past singular | paste | |||
| past participle | gepast | |||
| infinitive | passen | |||
| gerund | passen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | pas | paste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | past | paste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | past | paste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | past | paste | ||
| 3rd person singular | past | paste | ||
| plural | passen | pasten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | passe | paste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | passen | pasten | ||
| imperative sing. | pas | |||
| imperative plur.1 | past | |||
| participles | passend | gepast | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
- Afrikaans: pas
- Berbice Creole Dutch: pasi
- Negerhollands: pas
- → Caribbean Javanese: pas
- → Papiamentu: pas
Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from English pass. Equivalent to pass + -en.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
passen
- (transitive, sports) to pass
- (transitive, slang) to give, to pass something over to someone, e.g. a jonko.
Inflection Edit
| Inflection of passen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | passen | |||
| past singular | passte | |||
| past participle | gepasst | |||
| infinitive | passen | |||
| gerund | passen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | pass | passte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | passt | passte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | passt | passte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | passt | passte | ||
| 3rd person singular | passt | passte | ||
| plural | passen | passten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | passe | passte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | passen | passten | ||
| imperative sing. | pass | |||
| imperative plur.1 | passt | |||
| participles | passend | gepasst | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Related terms Edit
Etymology 3 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
passen
German Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Dutch passen, from French passer.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
passen (weak, third-person singular present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)
- (with dative) to fit
- (with dative) to suit, to be suitable
- (intransitive, with zu) to go with (correspond or fit well with, to match)
- (card games) to pass
Conjugation Edit
| infinitive | passen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | passend | ||||
| past participle | gepasst | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich passe | wir passen | i | ich passe | wir passen |
| du passt | ihr passt | du passest | ihr passet | ||
| er passt | sie passen | er passe | sie passen | ||
| preterite | ich passte | wir passten | ii | ich passte1 | wir passten1 |
| du passtest | ihr passtet | du passtest1 | ihr passtet1 | ||
| er passte | sie passten | er passte1 | sie passten1 | ||
| imperative | pass (du) passe (du) |
passt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
Luxembourgish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
passen (third-person singular present passt, past participle gepasst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to fit
- (intransitive) to match, to suit
- (transitive, sports) to pass
Conjugation Edit
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | passen | |
| participle | gepasst | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | passen | — |
| 2nd singular | pass | pass |
| 3rd singular | passt | — |
| 1st plural | passen | — |
| 2nd plural | passt | passt |
| 3rd plural | passen | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Middle English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, ultimately from Latin pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
passen (third-person singular simple present passeth, present participle passende, passynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle passed) (Past participle can also be past.)
- to pass
Conjugation Edit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “passen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish Edit
Noun Edit
passen
- definite singular of pass c (“pass (of the ball, in sports)”)
- definite plural of pass n (“passport; mountain pass; pace; etc.”)