druppen

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdrʏ.pə(n)/
Hyphenation: drup‧pen
Rhymes: -ʏpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch droppen, from Proto-Germanic *druppōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrbʰ-néh₂-, from *dʰrbʰ-. Also compare *drupô (“a drop”).

Verb

druppen

(intransitive) to drip

Inflection

Conjugation of druppen (weak)
infinitive	druppen
past singular	drupte
past participle	gedrupt
infinitive	druppen
gerund	druppen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	drup	drupte
2nd person sing. (jij)	drupt	drupte
2nd person sing. (u)	drupt	drupte
2nd person sing. (gij)	drupt	drupte
3rd person singular	drupt	drupte
plural	druppen	drupten

subjunctive sing.¹	druppe	drupte
subjunctive plur.¹	druppen	drupten

imperative sing.	drup
imperative plur.¹	drupt

participles	druppend	gedrupt
¹⁾ Archaic.

Derived terms

bedruppen

Descendants

Afrikaans: drup
Negerhollands: drup
→ Papiamentu: drep

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

druppen

plural of drup

Further reading

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “druppon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 105

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