lappen

See also: Lappen and läppen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

lappen

  1. Plural form of lap

Verb

lappen

  1. to enfold, embrace
  2. to piece up, patch, repair
  3. to raise (money)
  4. to clean with a shammy

Inflection

Inflection of lappen (weak)
infinitive lappen
past singular lapte
past participle gelapt
infinitive lappen
gerund lappen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular laplapte
2nd person sing. (jij) laptlapte
2nd person sing. (u) laptlapte
2nd person sing. (gij) laptlapte
3rd person singular laptlapte
plural lappenlapten
subjunctive sing.1 lappelapte
subjunctive plur.1 lappenlapten
imperative sing. lap
imperative plur.1 lapt
participles lappendgelapt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • oplappen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of earlier Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”), from Old English *wlappan, *wlæppan, *wlappian, *wlæppian, from Proto-Germanic *wrappan-, *wlappan- (“to wrap, fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”). Akin to Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Danish vravle (“to wind”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). More at envelop, develop.

Verb

lappen

  1. to wrap, fold

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

lappen

  1. definite singular of lapp
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