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
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
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French passer, intermediated and influenced by Dutch passen. Compare the noun Pass. From Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).
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
Etymology 2 edit
Pass + -en, a 20th century borrowing from English pass. Same root as Etymology 1.
Verb edit
passen (weak, third-person singular present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)
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
Etymology 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.
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.”)