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hoopje

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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hoopje n (plural hoopjes)

  1. diminutive of hoop

Saterland Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn. Cognates include West Frisian hoopje and German hoffen.

Verb

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hoopje

  1. (intransitive) to hope
  2. (intransitive, + ap) to wait (on)
  3. (intransitive, + fon) to expect (from)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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From Old Frisian *hāpia, from Proto-West Germanic *haupōn. Cognates include West Frisian heapje and German häufen.

Verb

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hoopje

  1. (transitive) to heap; to pile up
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References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “hoopje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hoopje

  1. to hope

Inflection

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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
3rd singular hopet hope
plural hoopje hopen
imperative hoopje
participles hoopjend hope

Further reading

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  • hoopje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011