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supen

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *sūpan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.

Verb

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supen

  1. to drink, to slurp

Inflection

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Conjugation of supen (strong class 2)
infinitive base form supen
genitive supens
dative supene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular supe sôop supe sōpe
2nd person singular suups, supes sōops, sōpes suups, supes sōpes
3rd person singular suupt, supet sôop supe sōpe
1st person plural supen sōpen supen sōpen
2nd person plural suupt, supet sōopt, sōpet suupt, supet sōpet
3rd person plural supen sōpen supen sōpen
imperative
singular suup, supe
plural suupt, supet
present past
participle supende gesōpen

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: zuipen
    • Afrikaans: suip
    • Saramaccan: zoin
  • Limburgish: zoepe

Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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supen

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of soupen (to swallow)

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon sūpan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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supen

  1. to booze; to consume alcohol regularly or in large quantities
  2. to drink greedily
  3. (used for animals) to drink

Conjugation

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Conjugation of supen as a class 2b strong verb
plain infinitive sûpen
full infinitive (gerund) tô sûpene or tô sûpende
verbal noun sûpen or sûpent
participles imperative
present sûpende singular sûp
past gesōpen or gesāpen plural sûpet
indicative subjunctive
present preterite present preterite
1st person singular sûpe sôp sûpe sȫpe
2nd person singular sü̂pest or sü̂̂pst sōpest or sȫpest sûpest sȫpest
3rd person singular sü̂pet or sü̂̂pt sôp sûpet sȫpe
plural sûpen (sûpet?) sōpen or sȫpen sûpen sȫpen
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Descendants

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Swedish

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Noun

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supen

  1. definite singular of sup

Participle

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supen

  1. past participle of supa