trippen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tripen, treppen, tryppyn, tryppe, trippe, tryp

Etymology

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

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

• trip
• trippere
• trippyng
• tryppingly

Descendants

• English: trip
• Scots: trip

References

• “trippen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

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Swedish

Noun

trippen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of tripp