# drepen
## Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German drēpen, from Old Saxon drepan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną. Doublet of drapen.

### Verb

drepen (third-person singular simple present drippt, past tense dreep, past participle drepen, auxiliary verb hebben)
* (transitive or reflexive) to meet; to encounter
* (transitive or intransitive) to hit; to strike
* (transitive) to affect; to concern
* (intransitive or reflexive, colloquial, often with “goot” or “slecht”) to hit the mark; to suit; to be convenient, fortunate
    Dat drippt sick egentlig goot. ― That’s good actually.

#### Conjugation
## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną.

### Verb

drēpen
* (rare) to hit (not miss), to strike

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Limburgish: draepe

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “drepen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English drepan, from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną.

#### Alternative forms

* drepe, drep

#### Pronunciation

* (unlengthened) IPA: /ˈdrɛpən/
* IPA: /ˈdrɛːpən/, /ˈdræːpən/

#### Verb

drepen
* To kill, slay
* To strike, hit
* (rare) To overcome, vanquish
** p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.Many thousands they overcame with hunger.

##### Usage notes

* Weak forms are usual for this verb after 1400; they are unknown before then.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) drepen, drepe | (to) drepen, drepe |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | drepe | drap, dreped |
| 2nd-person singular | drepest | drape, drap, drepedest |
| 3rd-person singular | drepeth | drap, dreped |
| subjunctive singular | drepe | drape$^1$, dreped$^1$ |
| imperative singular | drepe | — |
| plural$^2$ | drepen, drepe | drapen, drape, drepeden, drepede |
| imperative plural | drepeth, drepe | — |
| participles | drepynge, drepende | dropen, drope, dreped |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* >? English: drib, drub
* >? Scots: drib, drub

##### References

* “drēpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English drēopan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreupan, from Proto-Germanic *dreupaną.

#### Alternative forms

* drepe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdreːpən/

#### Verb

drepen
* To drip, spatter
* To droop, lower

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) drepen, drepe | (to) drepen, drepe |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | drepe | dreped |
| 2nd-person singular | drepest | drepedest |
| 3rd-person singular | drepeth | dreped |
| subjunctive singular | drepe | dreped |
| imperative singular | drepe | — |
| plural$^1$ | drepen, drepe | drepeden, drepede |
| imperative plural | drepeth, drepe | — |
| participles | drepynge, drepende | dreped, ydreped |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* Scots: dreep
** → English: dreep

##### References

* “drēpen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Old Saxon driopan (“to drip”). Cognate with Old English dreopan, Dutch druipen and German triefen.

### Pronunciation

* Stem vowel: e⁴
** (originally) IPA: /dreːpən/

### Verb

drêpen
* to drip

#### Conjugation
## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdre.pen/

### Participle

drepen
* past participle of drepan