passen

Etymology

From Middle English passen, equivalent to pass +‎ -en.

Verb

passen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of pass
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III, Canto IX:

     In forreine landes, and all which passen by,

     Beholding it from far, do thinke it threates the skye.

   • 1614, William Browne, Thyrsis' Praise of His Mistress

     They in pleasing passen all.

   • 1647, Henry More, Insomnium Philosophicum

     And all his creatures, as they passen by

     In goodly pomp, they view with scornfull eye.

Anagrams

• aspens, sneaps, spanes, speans

Verb

passen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of passar

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).

Etymology 2

From English pass.

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpasən/, [ˈpʰasn̩]

Verb

passen (third-person singular simple present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)

1. to fit
2. to suit, to be suitable
3. (with zu) to go with (correspond or fit well with, to match)
4. (card games) to pass

Further reading

• passen in Duden online

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsən/

Verb

passen (third-person singular present passt, past participle gepasst, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to fit
2. (intransitive) to match, to suit
3. (transitive, sports) to pass

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passō, from Latin pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Verb

passen (third-person singular simple present passeth, present participle passende, simple past and past participle passed)

1. to pass

Noun

passen

1. definite singular of pass
2. definite plural of pass