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

• pypyn, pipe, pype

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

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

Descendants

• English: pipe
• Scots: pipe

References

• “pīpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-07.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pipa

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.