passen
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English passen, from Old French passer; equivalent to pass + -en.
VerbEdit
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.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
passen
- third-person plural present indicative form of passar
DutchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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
InflectionEdit
| 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: pas
- Berbice Creole Dutch: pasi
- Negerhollands: pas
- → Caribbean Javanese: pas
- → Papiamentu: pas
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English pass. Equivalent to pass + -en.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
passen
- (transitive, sports) to pass
- (transitive, slang) to give, to pass something over to someone, e.g. a jonko.
InflectionEdit
| 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 termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
passen
- Plural form of pas
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Dutch passen, from French passer.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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
ConjugationEdit
| 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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
LuxembourgishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
passen (third-person singular present passt, past participle gepasst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive) to fit
- (intransitive) to match, to suit
- (transitive, sports) to pass
ConjugationEdit
| 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 EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, ultimately from Latin pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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
ConjugationEdit
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “passen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
passen