pipen

Catalan

Verb

pipen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of pipar

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *pīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpan, from Proto-Germanic *pīpaną.

Verb

pipen

  1. to chirp, to peep (of birds)
  2. to squeak
  3. to yelp
  4. to play a wind instrument

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: pijpen, piepen
  • Limburgish: piepe

Further reading

  • “pipen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pipen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English pīpian, from Proto-West Germanic *pīpan, from Proto-Germanic *pīpaną; equivalent to pipe +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːpən/

Verb

pipen

  1. To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to play music.
  2. To make high-pitched noises or sound like a small animal.
  3. To squeal; to talk with a high pitch or like a small animal.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pipen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) pipen, pipe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular pipe piped
2nd-person singular pipest pipedest
3rd-person singular pipeth piped
subjunctive singular pipe
imperative singular —
plural1 pipen, pipe pipeden, pipede
imperative plural pipeth, pipe —
participles pipynge, pipende piped, ypiped

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

pipen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of pipe

Spanish

Verb

pipen

  1. inflection of pipar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

pipen

  1. definite plural of pip

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪpɛn/

Verb

pipen

  1. first/third-person plural conditional of pipo

Mutation

Mutated forms of pipen
radical soft nasal aspirate
pipen bipen mhipen phipen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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