tupfen

See also: Tupfen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tüpfen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊpfən/, [ˈtʊpf(ə)n], [ˈtʊpɸ(ə)n]
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Verb

tupfen (weak, third-person singular present tupft, past tense tupfte, past participle getupft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dab (to touch repeatedly with a soft, often moist, object)

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “tupfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “tupfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “tupfen” in Duden online
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