beppen

Dutch

Etymology

From Bep + -en. Likely also influenced by the synonym kleppen. The use of an old-fashioned lower-class female (nick)name was likely intended to associate chit-chatting with older women from a modest background.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: bep‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛpən

Verb

beppen

  1. (intransitive, Netherlands, colloquial) to chit-chat, to blab

Inflection

Inflection of beppen (weak)
infinitive beppen
past singular bepte
past participle gebept
infinitive beppen
gerund beppen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bepbepte
2nd person sing. (jij) beptbepte
2nd person sing. (u) beptbepte
2nd person sing. (gij) beptbepte
3rd person singular beptbepte
plural beppenbepten
subjunctive sing.1 beppebepte
subjunctive plur.1 beppenbepten
imperative sing. bep
imperative plur.1 bept
participles beppendgebept
1) Archaic.

West Frisian

Noun

beppen

  1. plural of beppe
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