trippen

Dutch

Etymology

From English trip. By surface analysis, trip +‎ -en.

Pronunciation
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Verb

trippen

  1. to trip, be in an altered mental state due to psychoactive drugs
    Ik heb afgelopen weekend urenlang staan trippen op een rave. ― I spent hours tripping at a rave last weekend.

Inflection
Conjugation of trippen (weak)
infinitive trippen
past singular tripte
past participle getript
infinitive trippen
gerund trippen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular triptripte
2nd person sing. (jij) tripttripte
2nd person sing. (u) tripttripte
2nd person sing. (gij) tripttripte
3rd person singular tripttripte
plural trippentripten
subjunctive sing.1 trippetripte
subjunctive plur.1 trippentripten
imperative sing. trip
imperative plur.1 tript
participles trippendgetript
1) Archaic.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Old French triper; equivalent to trip (“that which causes a misstep”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtripən/

Verb

trippen

  1. To walk rhythmically or acrobatically, to dance.
  2. To misstep; to trip or tumble.
  3. To make somebody trip; to knock.
  4. (rare) To walk with vigour; to jog.

Conjugation
Conjugation of trippen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) trippen, trippe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular trippe tripped
2nd-person singular trippest trippedest
3rd-person singular trippeth tripped
subjunctive singular trippe
imperative singular —
plural1 trippen, trippe trippeden, trippede
imperative plural trippeth, trippe —
participles trippynge, trippende tripped, ytripped

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: trip
  • Scots: trip

References

Swedish

Noun

trippen

  1. definite singular of tripp
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