passen

From Middle English passen, equivalent to pass +‎ -en.

passen

1. (obsolete) plural simple present form of pass
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book III, Canto IX:

     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.

• aspens, snapes, sneaps, spanes, speans

passen

1. third-person plural present indicative form of passar

From Middle Dutch passen, from pas (modern pas).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/

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passen

1. (intransitive) to fit (have the right size)
2. (transitive) to fit, try for size
3. (intransitive) to befit, suit, behoove, to be appropriate

• aanpassen
• ongepast
• pasbeurt
• pashokje
• toepassen

From English pass.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsə(n)/
• Rhymes: -aːsən
• Homophone: Pasen

passen

1. (transitive, sports) to pass
2. (transitive, slang) to give, to pass something over to someone, e.g. a jonko.

• pass

See the etymology of the main entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsə(n)/

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passen

1. Plural form of pas

From Dutch passen, from French passer.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpasən/, [ˈpʰasn̩]

passen (third-person singular simple present passt, past tense passte, past participle gepasst, auxiliary haben)

1. to fit
2. to suit, to be suitable
3. (with zu) to go with (correspond or fit well with, to match)
4. (card games) to pass

• anpassen
• einpassen
• Passform
• passgenau
• aufpassen
• verpassen

• passen in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsən/

passen (third-person singular present passt, past participle gepasst, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to fit
2. (intransitive) to match, to suit
3. (transitive, sports) to pass

Borrowed from Old French passer, from Vulgar Latin *passō, from Latin pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-.

passen (third-person singular simple present passeth, present participle passende, simple past and past participle passed)

1. to pass

• English: pass
• Scots: pass

passen

1. definite singular of pass
2. definite plural of pass