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Etymology

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Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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shoppen

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

Inflection

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Conjugation 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, shop2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English shop with suffix -en.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) to shop
    Synonym: einkaufen

Usage notes

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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

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Further reading

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