trippen

Dutch

Etymology

From English trip. By surface analysis, trip ‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

trippen

1. to trip, be in an altered mental state due to psychoactive drugs

   Ik heb afgelopen weekend urenlang staan trippen op een rave. ― I spent hours tripping at a rave last weekend.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trippen (weak)
infinitive	trippen
past singular	tripte
past participle	getript
infinitive	trippen
gerund	trippen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	trip	tripte
2nd person sing. (jij)	tript, trip2	tripte
2nd person sing. (u)	tript	tripte
2nd person sing. (gij)	tript	tripte
3rd person singular	tript	tripte
plural	trippen	tripten
subjunctive sing.1	trippe	tripte
subjunctive plur.1	trippen	tripten
imperative sing.	trip
imperative plur.1	tript
participles	trippend	getript
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tripen, treppen, tryppyn, tryppe, trippe, tryp

Etymology

Probably from Old French triper; equivalent to trip (“that which causes a misstep”) ‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtripən/

Verb

trippen

1. To walk rhythmically or acrobatically, to dance.
2. To misstep; to trip or tumble.
3. To make somebody trip; to knock.
4. (rare) To walk with vigour; to jog.

Conjugation

Conjugation of trippen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) trippen, trippe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	trippe	tripped
2nd-person singular	trippest	trippedest
3rd-person singular	trippeth	tripped
subjunctive singular	trippe
imperative singular		—
plural1	trippen, trippe	trippeden, trippede
imperative plural	trippeth, trippe	—
participles	trippynge, trippende	tripped, ytripped

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

Derived terms

• trip
• trippere
• trippyng
• tryppingly

Descendants

• English: trip
• Scots: trip

References

• “trippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-08.

Swedish

Noun

trippen

1. definite singular of tripp