gappen
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish כאַפּן (khapn, “to grab”), from Polish chapać.
Attested since 1875.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑpə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gap‧pen
- Rhymes: -ɑpən
Verb
gappen
- (Netherlands, Bargoens, transitive, informal) to steal, to appropriate oneself something
Conjugation
| Conjugation of gappen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gappen | |||
| past singular | gapte | |||
| past participle | gegapt | |||
| infinitive | gappen | |||
| gerund | gappen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | gap | gapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | gapt, gap2 | gapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | gapt | gapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | gapt | gapte | ||
| 3rd person singular | gapt | gapte | ||
| plural | gappen | gapten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | gappe | gapte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | gappen | gapten | ||
| imperative sing. | gap | |||
| imperative plur.1 | gapt | |||
| participles | gappend | gegapt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gaps