passen

See also: Pässen

English

Etymology

From Middle English passen, equivalent to pass +‎ -en.

Verb

passen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present of pass
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III, Canto IX:

     In forreine landes, and all which passen by,

     Beholding it from far, do thinke it threates the skye.

   • 1614, William Browne, Thyrsis' Praise of His Mistress

     They in pleasing passen all.

   • 1647, Henry More, Insomnium Philosophicum

     And all his creatures, as they passen by

     In goodly pomp, they view with scornfull eye.

Anagrams

• aspens, snapes, sneaps, spanes, speans

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Catalan

Verb

passen

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pas‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɑsən

Verb

passen

1. (intransitive) to fit (have the right size)
2. (transitive) to try on, to fit, to try for size
3. (intransitive) to befit, to suit, to behoove, to be appropriate

Inflection

Conjugation of passen (weak)
infinitive	passen
past singular	paste
past participle	gepast
infinitive	passen
gerund	passen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	pas	paste
2nd person sing. (jij)	past	paste
2nd person sing. (u)	past	paste
2nd person sing. (gij)	past	paste
3rd person singular	past	paste
plural	passen	pasten
subjunctive sing.1	passe	paste
subjunctive plur.1	passen	pasten
imperative sing.	pas
imperative plur.1	past
participles	passend	gepast
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• aanpassen
• ongepast
• pasbeurt
• pashokje
• toepassen

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pass. Equivalent to pass +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsə(n)/
• Hyphenation: pas‧sen
• Rhymes: -aːsən
• Homophone: Pasen

Verb

passen

1. (transitive, sports) to pass
2. (transitive, slang) to give, to pass something over to someone, e.g. a jonko.

Inflection

Conjugation of passen (weak)
infinitive	passen
past singular	passte
past participle	gepasst
infinitive	passen
gerund	passen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	pass	passte
2nd person sing. (jij)	passt	passte
2nd person sing. (u)	passt	passte
2nd person sing. (gij)	passt	passte
3rd person singular	passt	passte
plural	passen	passten
subjunctive sing.1	passe	passte
subjunctive plur.1	passen	passten
imperative sing.	pass
imperative plur.1	passt
participles	passend	gepasst
1) Archaic.

Related terms

• pass

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pas‧sen
• Rhymes: -ɑsən

Noun

passen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of pas

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German

Etymology

From Dutch passen, from French passer.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasən/, [ˈpʰasn̩]

Verb

1. to fit
2. to suit, to be suitable
3. (with zu) to go with (correspond or fit well with, to match)
4. (card games) to pass

Derived terms

• anpassen
• einpassen
• Passform
• passgenau
• aufpassen
• verpassen

Further reading

• “passen” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsən/

Verb

passen (third-person singular present passt, past participle gepasst, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to fit
2. (intransitive) to match, to suit
3. (transitive, sports) to pass

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	passen
participle	gepasst
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	passen	—
2nd singular	pass	pass
3rd singular	passt	—
1st plural	passen	—
2nd plural	passt	passt
3rd plural	passen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passō, from Latin pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

Verb

passen (third-person singular simple present passeth, present participle passende, passynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle passed) (Past participle can also be past.)

1. to pass

Conjugation

Conjugation of passen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) passen, passe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	passe	passed
2nd-person singular	passest	passedest
3rd-person singular	passeth	passed
subjunctive singular	passe
imperative singular		—
plural1	passen, passe	passeden, passede
imperative plural	passeth, passe	—
participles	passynge, passende	passed, ypassed

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

Descendants

• English: pass
• Scots: pass

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Swedish

Noun

passen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of pass
2. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of pass

Anagrams

• aspens, senaps