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tapsen
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German
Alternative forms
- tappsen (non-standard, but literary)
- dapsen (obsolete with Central German consonantism)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
tapsen (weak, third-person singular present tapst, past tense tapste, past participle getapst, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, intransitive) to lumber, to lummock
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tapsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tapsen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “tapsen” in Duden online
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