droppen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔpən

Noun

droppen

1. plural of drop

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drop, droppe, droupe

Etymology

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Proto-West Germanic *dropōn

Old English dropian

Middle English droppen

Inherited from Old English dropian, from Proto-West Germanic *dropōn, from Proto-Germanic *drupōną; equivalent to drope (“drop”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔpən/

Verb

droppen (third-person singular simple present droppeth, present participle droppende, droppynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle dropped)

1. (of a liquid) To drip; to fall in drops:
   1. To rain; to descend in a mass of drops.
   2. To sprinkle; to cause to drip.
2. To drop; to move suddenly and directly down.
3. (figuratively) To create, inculcate, or instil.

Conjugation

Conjugation of droppen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) droppen, droppe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	droppe	dropped
2nd-person singular	droppest	droppedest
3rd-person singular	droppeth	dropped
subjunctive singular	droppe
imperative singular		—
plural1	droppen, droppe	droppeden, droppede
imperative plural	droppeth, droppe	—
participles	droppynge, droppende	dropped

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: drop
• Middle Scots: drop
  • Scots: drap

References

• “droppen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔpːɛn/

Noun

droppen

1. definite plural of dropp

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔˌpːɛn/

Noun

droppen

1. definite singular of droppe