tapsen

German

Alternative forms

  • tappsen (variant spelling, now nonstandard)
  • dapsen, dappsen (obsolete)

Etymology

From tappen +‎ -sen (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtapsn̩]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -apsn̩
  • Hyphenation: tap‧sen

Verb

tapsen (weak, third-person singular present tapst, past tense tapste, past participle getapst, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to lumber, lummock

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