See also: Tappen

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tappen (uncountable)

  1. A plug that forms in the anus of a bear or other mammal during hibernation.
    • 1831, Lews Lloyd, Field sports of the north Europe[1], volume 1, page 98:
      The inference drawn by the northern chasseurs from this is, that the tappen, in conjunction with repose, is the cause of the bear retaining his condition, though without taking any kind of nourishment, for nearly one-half of the year.
    • 1951, The New York State Conservationist, volumes 6-7, page 60:
      No food can pass through the system and a mechanical obstruction called a tappen or plug blocks the passage.
    • 1958, Will Barker, Winter-Sleeping Wildlife, page 41:
      Many hunters believe that the size of the tappen determines how soundly and how long a bear sleeps

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Danish

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tappen

  1. definite singular of tap

Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑpə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch tappen. Equivalent to tap +‎ -en.

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tappen

  1. (transitive) to tap (draw off liquid from a vessel)
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Conjugation of tappen (weak)
infinitive tappen
past singular tapte
past participle getapt
infinitive tappen
gerund tappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tap tapte
2nd person sing. (jij) tapt tapte
2nd person sing. (u) tapt tapte
2nd person sing. (gij) tapt tapte
3rd person singular tapt tapte
plural tappen tapten
subjunctive sing.1 tappe tapte
subjunctive plur.1 tappen tapten
imperative sing. tap
imperative plur.1 tapt
participles tappend getapt
1) Archaic.
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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: tapu

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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tappen

  1. plural of tap

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German tāpen, from the onomatopoeic interjection tapp imitating soft walking sounds (of either animals or humans), whence also tipp tapp.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtapən/
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  • Hyphenation: tap‧pen

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tappen (weak, third-person singular present tappt, past tense tappte, past participle getappt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to pad (walk softly, quietly or steadily)
  2. (intransitive) to grope, frisk (search by feeling)

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “tappen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • tappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • tappen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • tappen” in Duden online
  • tappen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English tæppian, from Proto-Germanic *tappōną; equivalent to tappe (plug) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

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tappen (rare)

  1. To let fluids flow from a spout.
  2. To retail beer.
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Etymology 2

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From Old French tapper, taper, from a Germanic language and ultimately imitative.

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tappen (rare)

  1. To tap; to touch gently with hand or foot.
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Swedish

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tappen

  1. definite singular of tapp c
  2. definite plural of tapp n