foppen

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from German foppen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔpə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɔpən === Verb === foppen (transitive) to fool, to trick, to deceive Synonyms: beetnemen, bij de neus nemen, in de maling nemen, om de tuin leiden, tuk hebben, voor de gek houden ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: fop Petjo: fop, foppentjes → Papiamentu: fop (dated) == German == === Etymology === Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch focken (“to breed; to fuck; to tease”), from Old Dutch *fokkon, from Proto-West Germanic *fukkōn, possibly from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, copulate”). Compare modern Dutch fokken. German foppen developed and spread in Rotwelsch (criminal’s jargon), originally meaning “to trick, deceive” (15th century). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔpən/, [ˈfɔpən], [ˈfɔpm̩] === Verb === foppen (weak, third-person singular present foppt, past tense foppte, past participle gefoppt, auxiliary haben) (colloquial) to put on, to tease, to hoax Synonym: necken ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: foppen → Danish: fuppe === Further reading === “foppen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “foppen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “foppen” in Duden online “foppen” in OpenThesaurus.de “foppen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.