passen
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old French passer; equivalent to pass + -en.
Verb
passen
- (obsolete) plural simple present of pass
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- In forreine landes, and all which passen by,
Beholding it from far, do thinke it threates the skye.
- 1614, William Browne, Thyrsis' Praise of His Mistress:
- They in pleasing passen all.
- 1647, Henry More, Insomnium Philosophicum:
- And all his creatures, as they passen by
In goodly pomp, they view with scornfull eye.
Catalan
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from pas (modern pas).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pas‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɑsən
Verb
passen
- (intransitive) to fit (have the right size)
- (transitive) to try on, to fit, to try for size
- (intransitive) to befit, to suit, to behoove, to be appropriate
- (card games) to pass
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaːsə(n)/
- Hyphenation: pas‧sen
- Rhymes: -aːsən
- Homophone: Pasen
Verb
passen
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pas‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɑsən
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpasən/, [ˈpʰasn̩]
Audio (file) Audio (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French passer, intermediated and influenced by Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare the noun Pass. From Middle French passer, from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, derived from Latin passus (“step”, noun).
Verb
passen (weak, third-person singular present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- abpassen
- anpassen
- aufpassen
- daraufpassen
- dazwischenpassen
- draufpassen
- drunterpassen
- durchpassen
- einpassen
- hereinpassen
- herpassen
- hineinpassen
- hinpassen
- Passform
- passgenau
- übereinanderpassen
- verpassen
- zusammenpassen
Verb
passen (weak, third-person singular present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- hereinpassen
- herpassen
- herüberpassen
- hineinpassen
- hinpassen
- hinüberpassen
- rüberpassen
- wegpassen
- weiterpassen
- zupassen
- zurückpassen
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑsən/
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passāre, ultimately from Latin pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpasən/
Verb
passen (third-person singular simple present passeth, present participle passende, passynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle passed) (Past participle can also be past.)
- to pass
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “passen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Noun
passen