nopen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch nopen. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoː.pən/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: no‧pen
- Rhymes: -oːpən
Verb
nopen
- (transitive, now chiefly figurative) to force, to compel
- Omstandigheden noopten hen om elders een heenkomen te zoeken.
- Circumstances compelled them to seek a refuge elsewhere.
- (transitive) to excite, to rouse, to stimulate
- (transitive, obsolete) to goad, to jab (with a goad)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of nopen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nopen | |||
| past singular | noopte | |||
| past participle | genoopt | |||
| infinitive | nopen | |||
| gerund | nopen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | noop | noopte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | noopt, noop2 | noopte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | noopt | noopte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | noopt | noopte | ||
| 3rd person singular | noopt | noopte | ||
| plural | nopen | noopten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | nope | noopte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | nopen | noopten | ||
| imperative sing. | noop | |||
| imperative plur.1 | noopt | |||
| participles | nopend | genoopt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||