hoopje

Dutch

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Noun

hoopje n (plural hoopjes)

1. diminutive of hoop

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːpjə/
• Hyphenation: hoop‧je
• Rhymes: -oːpjə

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn. Cognates include West Frisian hoopje and German hoffen.

Verb

hoopje

1. (intransitive) to hope
2. (intransitive, + ap) to wait (on)
3. (intransitive, + fon) to expect (from)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hoopje (weak type 2)

grúundfoarme		hoopje
infinitive		tou hoopjen
		present	past
singular	iek	hoopje	hopede
	du	hopest	hopedest
	hie/ju/dät	hopet	hopede
plural		hoopje	hopeden
		imperative
singular		hoop
plural		hoopjet
		present	past
participle		hoopjend	hoped
auxiliary verb		—	häbe

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian *hāpia, from Proto-West Germanic *haupōn. Cognates include West Frisian heapje and German häufen.

Verb

hoopje

1. (transitive) to heap; to pile up

Conjugation

Conjugation of hoopje (weak type 2)

grúundfoarme		hoopje
infinitive		tou hoopjen
		present	past
singular	iek	hoopje	hopede
	du	hopest	hopedest
	hie/ju/dät	hopet	hopede
plural		hoopje	hopeden
		imperative
singular		hoop
plural		hoopjet
		present	past
participle		hoopjend	hoped
auxiliary verb		—	häbe

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “hoopje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hopia, from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːpjə/

Verb

hoopje

1. to hope

Inflection

Weak class 2
infinitive	hoopje
3rd singular past	hope
past participle	hope
infinitive	hoopje
long infinitive	hoopjen
gerund	hoopjen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	hoopje	hope
2nd singular	hopest	hopest
clitic form	hopesto	hopesto
3rd singular	hopet	hope
plural	hoopje	hopen
imperative	hoopje
participles	hoopjend	hope

Further reading

• “hoopje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011