cloppen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *cloppōn, probably onomatopoeic. Cognate with German klopfen and kloppen.
Verb
cloppen
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | cloppen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | cloppens | ||||||
| dative | cloppene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | cloppe | — | cloppe | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | clops, cloppes | — | clops, cloppes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | clopt, cloppet | — | cloppe | — | |||
| 1st person plural | cloppen | — | cloppen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | clopt, cloppet | — | clopt, cloppet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | cloppen | — | cloppen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | clop, cloppe | ||||||
| plural | clopt, cloppet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | cloppende | — | |||||
Descendants
- Dutch: kloppen
- Limburgish: klóppe
Further reading
- “cloppen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cloppen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN