rappen

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See also: Rappen

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Rappen.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value UK is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɹapən/

Noun

rappen (plural rappen)

  1. A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc. [from 17th c.]
    • 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 273:
      ‘Meticulous to a fault,’ he declared respectfully – even if the fault included checking Toby's imprest down to the last Swiss Rappen, a discipline he accepted with a rueful grace.
    • 2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Random House 2015, p. 112:
      There was a hole the size of a ten-rappen coin on her right shin and a run laddering after it.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From rap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛpə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: reppen (usually)

Verb

rappen

  1. to rap (speak lyrics in the style of rap music)

Inflection

Conjugation of rappen (weak)
infinitive rappen
past singular rapte
past participle gerapt
infinitive rappen
gerund rappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rap rapte
2nd person sing. (jij) rapt rapte
2nd person sing. (u) rapt rapte
2nd person sing. (gij) rapt rapte
3rd person singular rapt rapte
plural rappen rapten
subjunctive sing.1 rappe rapte
subjunctive plur.1 rappen rapten
imperative sing. rap
imperative plur.1 rapt
participles rappend gerapt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛpən/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value standard is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpən/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value many speakers, approximating English pronunciation is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Verb

Template:de-verb-weak

  1. to rap

Conjugation

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ropfen, from Old High German rophōn, from Proto-Germanic *ruppōną. Cognate with German rupfen, Dutch roppen.

Verb

rappen (third-person singular present rappt, past participle gerappt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to rip, to tear
  2. (transitive) to snatch, to tear off
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive rappen
participle gerappt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative 		imperative
1st singular rappen —
2nd singular rapps rapp
3rd singular rappt —
1st plural rappen —
2nd plural rappt rappt
3rd plural rappen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

rappen (third-person singular present rappt, past participle gerappt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to grate
Conjugation
Regular
infinitive rappen
participle gerappt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative 		imperative
1st singular rappen —
2nd singular rapps rapp
3rd singular rappt —
1st plural rappen —
2nd plural rappt rappt
3rd plural rappen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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