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rapen

rapen

Dutch

Verb

rapen

to gather, to pick up

Usage notes

Mainly used in the expression voor het rapen liggen; otherwise it is connected with the preposition op: oprapen.

Inflection

Inflection of rapen (weak)
infinitive	rapen
past singular	raapte
past participle	geraapt
infinitive	rapen
gerund	rapen n
verbal noun	—
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	raap	raapte
2nd person sing. (jij)	raapt	raapte
2nd person sing. (u)	raapt	raapte
2nd person sing. (gij)	raapt	raapte
3rd person singular	raapt	raapte
plural	rapen	raapten

subjunctive sing.¹	rape	raapte
subjunctive plur.¹	rapen	raapten

imperative sing.	raap
imperative plur.¹	raapt

participles	rapend	geraapt
¹⁾ Archaic.

Derived terms

oprapen
voor het rapen liggen

Noun

rapen

Plural form of raap

Anagrams

paren

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrapen/

Verb

rapen

Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of rapar.
Third-person plural imperative of rapar.
(used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present subjunctive form of rapar.

Swedish

Noun

rapen

definite singular of rap