hoopje

Dutch

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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 tense					past tense
iek	hoopje	wie	hoopje		iek	hopede	wie	hopeden
du	hopest	jie	hoopje		du	hopedest	jie	hopeden
hie/ju/dät	hopet	jo	hoopje		hie/ju/dät	hopede	jo	hopeden
present participle		imperative			auxiliary		past participle
hoopjend		singular	hoop		häbe		hoped
		plural	hoopjet

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 tense					past tense
iek	hoopje	wie	hoopje		iek	hopede	wie	hopeden
du	hopest	jie	hoopje		du	hopedest	jie	hopeden
hie/ju/dät	hopet	jo	hoopje		hie/ju/dät	hopede	jo	hopeden
present participle		imperative			auxiliary		past participle
hoopjend		singular	hoop		häbe		hoped
		plural	hoopjet

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