shoppen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

shoppen

  1. (intransitive, informal) to shop
    Synonym: winkelen

Inflection

Conjugation of shoppen (weak)
infinitive shoppen
past singular shopte
past participle geshopt
infinitive shoppen
gerund shoppen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular shopshopte
2nd person sing. (jij) shoptshopte
2nd person sing. (u) shoptshopte
2nd person sing. (gij) shoptshopte
3rd person singular shoptshopte
plural shoppenshopten
subjunctive sing.1 shoppeshopte
subjunctive plur.1 shoppenshopten
imperative sing. shop
imperative plur.1 shopt
participles shoppendgeshopt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English shop with suffix -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔpən/, [ˈʃɔpm̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: shop‧pen

Verb

shoppen (weak, third-person singular present shoppt, past tense shoppte, past participle geshoppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to shop
    Synonym: einkaufen

Usage notes

Although einkaufen and shoppen both mean to shop, there is a difference in connotation between them: einkaufen tends to be used in reference to shopping for necessities such as food, while shoppen tends to be used for “recreational” shopping, such as for clothes or shoes. Indeed, shoppen does not necessarily entail actually purchasing anything, as it can include window-shopping.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • shoppen” in Duden online
  • shoppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • shoppen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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