Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

shoppen

  1. (intransitive, informal) to shop
    Synonym: winkelen

Inflection edit

Inflection of shoppen (weak)
infinitive shoppen
past singular shopte
past participle geshopt
infinitive shoppen
gerund shoppen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular shop shopte
2nd person sing. (jij) shopt shopte
2nd person sing. (u) shopt shopte
2nd person sing. (gij) shopt shopte
3rd person singular shopt shopte
plural shoppen shopten
subjunctive sing.1 shoppe shopte
subjunctive plur.1 shoppen shopten
imperative sing. shop
imperative plur.1 shopt
participles shoppend geshopt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English shop with suffix -en.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔpən/, [ˈʃɔpm̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: shop‧pen

Verb edit

shoppen (weak, third-person singular present shoppt, past tense shoppte, past participle geshoppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to shop
    Synonym: einkaufen

Usage notes edit

Although einkaufen and shoppen both mean to shop, there is a difference in connotation between them: einkaufen tends to be used in reference to shopping for necessities such as food, while shoppen tends to be used for “recreational” shopping, such as for clothes or shoes. Indeed, shoppen does not necessarily entail actually purchasing anything, as it can include window-shopping.

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • shoppen” in Duden online
  • shoppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • shoppen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon