foppen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]foppen
- (transitive) to fool, to trick, to deceive
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of foppen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | foppen | |||
past singular | fopte | |||
past participle | gefopt | |||
infinitive | foppen | |||
gerund | foppen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | fop | fopte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | fopt, fop2 | fopte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | fopt | fopte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | fopt | fopte | ||
3rd person singular | fopt | fopte | ||
plural | foppen | fopten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | foppe | fopte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | foppen | fopten | ||
imperative sing. | fop | |||
imperative plur.1 | fopt | |||
participles | foppend | gefopt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: fop
- Petjo: fop, foppentjes
- → Papiamentu: fop (dated)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch focken (“to breed; to fuck; to tease”). Compare modern Dutch fokken. German foppen developed and spread in Rotwelsch (criminal’s jargon), originally meaning “to trick, deceive” (15th century).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]foppen (weak, third-person singular present foppt, past tense foppte, past participle gefoppt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to put on, to tease, to hoax
- Synonym: necken
- 1907, Robert Walser, Geschwister Tanner[1]:
- So die Natur zu lieben, wie er, muß eine Qual sein und ist eine Schande; denn ein Mann von Vernunft läßt sich nicht lange von einem Gegenstand, und sei es auch die Natur selber, foppen und narren und peinigen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1912, Erich Mühsam, chapter 3, in Tagebücher 1910–1924, published 1994, →ISBN:
- In bezug auf Landauer versuchte er, mich vor die Alternative zu stellen: Er oder Er! Ich lehnte solche Alternative schroff ab, woraus sich die psychologische Erklärung ergab: Ich habe das Bedürfnis, mich von aller Welt foppen zu lassen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1915, Paul Keller, Ferien vom Ich[2]:
- „Hören Sie mal, Gevatter“, sagte ich, „Sie foppen uns. Das Pferd hat viel Geld gekostet.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | foppen | ||||
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present participle | foppend | ||||
past participle | gefoppt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich foppe | wir foppen | i | ich foppe | wir foppen |
du foppst | ihr foppt | du foppest | ihr foppet | ||
er foppt | sie foppen | er foppe | sie foppen | ||
preterite | ich foppte | wir foppten | ii | ich foppte1 | wir foppten1 |
du fopptest | ihr fopptet | du fopptest1 | ihr fopptet1 | ||
er foppte | sie foppten | er foppte1 | sie foppten1 | ||
imperative | fopp (du) foppe (du) |
foppt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: foppen
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