droppen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔpən

Noun

droppen

  1. plural of drop

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English dropian, from Proto-West Germanic *dropōn, from Proto-Germanic *drupōną; equivalent to drope (drop) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔpən/

Verb

droppen (third-person singular simple present droppeth, present participle droppende, droppynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle dropped)

  1. (of a liquid) To drip; to fall in drops:
    1. To rain; to descend in a mass of drops.
    2. To sprinkle; to cause to drip.
  2. To drop; to move suddenly and directly down.
  3. (figuratively) To create, inculcate, or instil.

Conjugation

Conjugation of droppen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) droppen, droppe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular droppe dropped
2nd-person singular droppest droppedest
3rd-person singular droppeth dropped
subjunctive singular droppe
imperative singular
plural1 droppen, droppe droppeden, droppede
imperative plural droppeth, droppe
participles droppynge, droppende dropped

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

Descendants

  • English: drop
  • Scots: drap

References

Swedish

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔpːɛn/

Noun

droppen

  1. definite plural of dropp

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔˌpːɛn/

Noun

droppen

  1. definite singular of droppe