hoopje

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

hoopje n (plural hoopjes)

  1. diminutive of hoop

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːpjə/
  • Hyphenation: hoop‧je
  • Rhymes: -oːpjə

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn. Cognates include West Frisian hoopje and German hoffen.

Verb

hoopje

  1. (intransitive) to hope
  2. (intransitive, + ap) to wait (on)
  3. (intransitive, + fon) to expect (from)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hoopje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme hoopje
infinitive tou hoopjen
present past
singular iek hoopje hopede
du hopest hopedest
hie/ju/dät hopet hopede
plural hoopje hopeden
imperative
singular hoop
plural hoopjet
present past
participle hoopjend hoped
auxiliary verb häbe

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *hāpia, from Proto-West Germanic *haupōn. Cognates include West Frisian heapje and German häufen.

Verb

hoopje

  1. (transitive) to heap; to pile up
Conjugation
Conjugation of hoopje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme hoopje
infinitive tou hoopjen
present past
singular iek hoopje hopede
du hopest hopedest
hie/ju/dät hopet hopede
plural hoopje hopeden
imperative
singular hoop
plural hoopjet
present past
participle hoopjend hoped
auxiliary verb häbe

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “hoopje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoːpjə/

Verb

hoopje

  1. to hope

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive hoopje
3rd singular past hope
past participle hope
infinitive hoopje
long infinitive hoopjen
gerund hoopjen n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular hoopje hope
2nd singular hopest hopest
clitic form hopesto hopesto
3rd singular hopet hope
plural hoopje hopen
imperative hoopje
participles hoopjend hope

Further reading

  • hoopje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011