dabben

Dutch

Etymology

From English dab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Netherlands) /ˈdɛbə(n)/, /ˈdɑbə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dab‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɑbən

Verb

dabben

  1. (intransitive) to dab

Conjugation

Conjugation of dabben (weak)
infinitive dabben
past singular dabde
past participle gedabd
infinitive dabben
gerund dabben n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dab dabde
2nd person sing. (jij) dabt, dab2 dabde
2nd person sing. (u) dabt dabde
2nd person sing. (gij) dabt dabde
3rd person singular dabt dabde
plural dabben dabden
subjunctive sing.1 dabbe dabde
subjunctive plur.1 dabben dabden
imperative sing. dab
imperative plur.1 dabt
participles dabbend gedabd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English dab.

Verb

dabben (weak, third-person singular present dabbt, past tense dabbte, past participle gedabbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dab

Conjugation

Middle English

Etymology

Compare Icelandic dabba (to tap, slap).

Verb

dabben

  1. (hapax legomenon) to strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of dabben (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) dabben, dabbe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dabbe dabbed
2nd-person singular dabbest dabbedest
3rd-person singular dabbeth dabbed
subjunctive singular dabbe
imperative singular
plural1 dabben, dabbe dabbeden, dabbede
imperative plural dabbeth, dabbe
participles dabbynge, dabbende dabbed, ydabbed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: dab

References