poppen

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔpə(n)/
• Rhymes: -ɔpən

poppen

1. Plural form of pop (“puppet, chrysalis”)

poppen

1. (obsolete) To play with puppets
2. To play (games etc.) in general
3. To court and/or have sex
4. To show off
5. To make or provide (a) puppet(s) etc.

• popper m
• popperij
• pannepoppen (verb), pannepopper m
• oppoppen (verb)

From Middle Dutch [Term?], of unclear origin.

• puppen

poppen

1. To make the sound of a coot
2. (figuratively) To stammer

• poppelen (verb)
• popperen (verb)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔpən/, [ˈpɔpən], [ˈpɔpm̩]

Regionally attested in the sense “to knock or beat rapidly”, which is probably onomatopoeic. The vulgar sense spread in the 20th century from dialects including Central Franconian, perhaps via film and broadcasting companies based in Cologne. In the latter, the word is sometimes secondarily associated with Popp, cognate and synonym of standard Puppe (“doll”); compare etymology 2.

poppen (third-person singular simple present poppt, past tense poppte, past participle gepoppt, auxiliary haben)

1. (regional, informal, mildly vulgar) to have sex; to fuck

• (fuck): bumsen; ficken (more vulgar)

Derived from an Alemannic German form of Puppe (“doll”).

poppen (third-person singular simple present poppt, past tense poppte, past participle gepoppt, auxiliary haben)

1. (Switzerland) to play with dolls

• (play with dolls): mit Puppen spielen; poppeln

Probably from English pop.

poppen (third-person singular simple present poppt, past tense poppte, past participle gepoppt, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial) to pop; to surprise; to impress
2. (colloquial) to pop as popcorn does

poppen

1. plural of pop