German

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Alternative forms

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  • tappsen (non-standard, but literary)
  • dapsen (obsolete with Central German consonantism)

Etymology

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tappen +‎ -sen (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtapsn̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apsn̩
  • Hyphenation: tap‧sen

Verb

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tapsen (weak, third-person singular present tapst, past tense tapste, past participle getapst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to lumber, to lummock

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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