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foppen

foppen

German

Etymology

Supposedly borrowed from Middle Dutch focken (to breed; to ****; to tease). Compare modern Dutch fokken. German foppen developed and spread in criminal’s jargon (argot). An eventual relation with English **** seems possible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔpən/, [ˈfɔpən], [ˈfɔpm̩]

Verb

foppen (third-person singular simple present foppt, past tense foppte, past participle gefoppt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to put on, to tease, to hoax

Conjugation