läppern

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German

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Etymology

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Derived from Middle Low German lāpen (to slurp), which pertains to German Löffel (spoon). The modern sense via “to eat [soup] in small sips”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛpɐn/
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Verb

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läppern (weak, third-person singular present läppert, past tense läpperte, past participle geläppert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, somewhat informal) to mount up from small individual amounts to a large sum

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • läppern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • läppern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon