betrappen
Dutch
Etymology
Alongside older betrapen, from Middle Dutch betrapen (“to catch”). Equivalent to be- + trappen, with trappen in the now-obsolete sense "catch, trap". The reason for the single consonant and long vowel in Middle Dutch is unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈtrɑpə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: be‧trap‧pen
- Rhymes: -ɑpən
Verb
betrappen
- (transitive) to take by surprise, to catch unaware, someone who is doing something they should not be
Inflection
| Inflection of betrappen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | betrappen | |||
| past singular | betrapte | |||
| past participle | betrapt | |||
| infinitive | betrappen | |||
| gerund | betrappen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | betrap | betrapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | betrapt | betrapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | betrapt | betrapte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | betrapt | betrapte | ||
| 3rd person singular | betrapt | betrapte | ||
| plural | betrappen | betrapten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | betrappe | betrapte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | betrappen | betrapten | ||
| imperative sing. | betrap | |||
| imperative plur.1 | betrapt | |||
| participles | betrappend | betrapt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||