gapen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gapen, from Old Dutch *gapon, from Proto-West Germanic *gapōn, from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁y- (“to gape, be wide open”), related to Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ), Sanskrit विजिहीते (vijihīte), and Proto-Germanic *gīnaną, *ganōną (English yawn).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣaːpə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ga‧pen
  • Rhymes: -aːpən

Verb

gapen

  1. (intransitive) to yawn
  2. (intransitive) to gape

Conjugation
Conjugation of gapen (weak)
infinitive gapen
past singular gaapte
past participle gegaapt
infinitive gapen
gerund gapen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gaapgaapte
2nd person sing. (jij) gaaptgaapte
2nd person sing. (u) gaaptgaapte
2nd person sing. (gij) gaaptgaapte
3rd person singular gaaptgaapte
plural gapengaapten
subjunctive sing.1 gapegaapte
subjunctive plur.1 gapengaapten
imperative sing. gaap
imperative plur.1 gaapt
participles gapendgegaapt
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • aangapen
  • gaap
  • gaapverwekkend
  • vergapen

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: gaap
  • Negerhollands: gav
  • → Guyanese Creole English: gapia-mouth (possibly influenced by Virgin Islands Dutch Creole)
  • → Papiamentu: hap, haap

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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