zappen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English zap.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛpə(n)/, /ˈzɑpə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zap‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛpən, -ɑpən

Verb[edit]

zappen

  1. (intransitive) To zap, channel surf, channel hop, to change TV channels repeatedly and/or by remote control.

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of zappen (weak)
infinitive zappen
past singular zapte
past participle gezapt
infinitive zappen
gerund zappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zap zapte
2nd person sing. (jij) zapt zapte
2nd person sing. (u) zapt zapte
2nd person sing. (gij) zapt zapte
3rd person singular zapt zapte
plural zappen zapten
subjunctive sing.1 zappe zapte
subjunctive plur.1 zappen zapten
imperative sing. zap
imperative plur.1 zapt
participles zappend gezapt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English zap.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛpən/, /ˈtsapən/ (both common; former perhaps somewhat predominant)
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

zappen (weak, third-person singular present zappt, past tense zappte, past participle gezappt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to zap, channel surf, channel hop (change TV channels repeatedly)

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • zappen” in Duden online
  • zappen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache