tappen

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æpən === Noun === tappen (uncountable) A plug that forms in the anus of a bear or other mammal during hibernation. === Anagrams === petnap, teppan == Danish == === Noun === tappen definite singular of tap == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑpə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɑpən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch tappen. Equivalent to tap +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== tappen (transitive) to tap (draw off liquid from a vessel) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Berbice Creole Dutch: tapu === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== tappen plural of tap == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tāpen, from the onomatopoeic interjection tapp imitating soft walking sounds (of either animals or humans), whence also tipp tapp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtapən/ Hyphenation: tap‧pen === Verb === tappen (weak, third-person singular present tappt, past tense tappte, past participle getappt, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive) to pad (walk softly, quietly or steadily) (intransitive) to grope, frisk (search by feeling) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Tappen im Dunkeln tappen === References === === Further reading === “tappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “tappen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “tappen” in Duden online “tappen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English tæppian, from Proto-Germanic *tappōną; equivalent to tappe (“plug”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). ==== Alternative forms ==== tappe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtapən/ ==== Verb ==== tappen (rare) To let fluids flow from a spout. To retail beer. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: tap Scots: tap ===== References ===== “tappen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019. === Etymology 2 === From Old French tapper, taper, from a Germanic language and ultimately imitative. ==== Alternative forms ==== tap, tep, tappyn ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtapən/ ==== Verb ==== tappen (rare) To tap; to touch gently with hand or foot. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: tap Yola: teap, taape, tape ===== References ===== “tappen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 March 2019. == Swedish == === Noun === tappen definite singular of tapp c definite plural of tapp n