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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German tüpfen, tupfen (“to dip, to moisten”), from Old High German tuphen (“to dip, to moisten”), from Proto-Germanic *dupjaną; see *daupijaną (“to dip”).
Cognate with English dip. The semantic development is due to association with Middle High German stuphen (“to poke”) and a dialectal (Central German) merger with unrelated tippen (“to tap”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tupfen (weak, third-person singular present tupft, past tense tupfte, past participle getupft, auxiliary haben)
- to dab (to touch repeatedly with a soft, often moist, object)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | tupfen | ||||
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present participle | tupfend | ||||
past participle | getupft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tupfe | wir tupfen | i | ich tupfe | wir tupfen |
du tupfst | ihr tupft | du tupfest | ihr tupfet | ||
er tupft | sie tupfen | er tupfe | sie tupfen | ||
preterite | ich tupfte | wir tupften | ii | ich tupfte1 | wir tupften1 |
du tupftest | ihr tupftet | du tupftest1 | ihr tupftet1 | ||
er tupfte | sie tupften | er tupfte1 | sie tupften1 | ||
imperative | tupf (du) tupfe (du) |
tupft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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