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tupfen
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See also: Tupfen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German tüpfen, tupfen (“to dip, to moisten”), from Old High German tuphen (“to dip, to moisten”), from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”).
Cognate with English dip. The semantic development is due to association with Middle High German stuphen (“to poke”) and a dialectal (Central German) merger with unrelated tippen (“to tap”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tupfen (weak, third-person singular present tupft, past tense tupfte, past participle getupft, auxiliary haben)
- to dab (to touch repeatedly with a soft, often moist, object)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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