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 ===== Afrikaans: tap Berbice Creole Dutch: tapu === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== tappen plural of tap == German == === Alternative forms === tapen (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle High German tāpen with sporadic shortening before /p/ (as in Wappen, Schuppe from Middle High German wāpen, schuope). The verb is of onomatopoeic origin and comparable to the interjection tapp imitating soft walking sounds, though this is attested much later. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtapən/, [ˈta.pm̩], [-p(ə)n] Hyphenation: tap‧pen === Verb === tappen (weak, third-person singular present tappt, past tense tappte, past participle getappt, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive) to grope, pad (walk hesitatingly, especially in the dark) (intransitive) to grope, frisk (search by feeling) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tappen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “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