verleppen

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

• lap (“piece of cloth, rag”) +‎ ver- -en (for which compare verflensen, which is possibly influenced by flens (“pancake, cloth”)), referring to the limpness of the leaves of a withered plant;
• ver- +‎ leppen (“to sip, pout one's lips”), a verb derived from lip (“lip”), referring to the limpness of a lower lip.

Pronunciation

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Verb

verleppen

1. (intransitive) to wither, wilt

   Synonyms: verwelken, verflensen

Conjugation

Conjugation of verleppen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	verleppen
past singular	verlepte
past participle	verlept
infinitive	verleppen
gerund	verleppen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	verlep	verlepte
2nd person sing. (jij)	verlept, verlep2	verlepte
2nd person sing. (u)	verlept	verlepte
2nd person sing. (gij)	verlept	verlepte
3rd person singular	verlept	verlepte
plural	verleppen	verlepten
subjunctive sing.1	verleppe	verlepte
subjunctive plur.1	verleppen	verlepten
imperative sing.	verlep
imperative plur.1	verlept
participles	verleppend	verlept
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “verleppen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute