werpen

From Middle Dutch werpen, from Old Dutch werpan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛrpə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wer‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɛrpən

werpen

1. (transitive) to throw
2. (transitive, of animals) to give birth

• gooien

• afwerpen
• inwerpen
• ontwerpen
• omverwerpen
• tegenwerpen
• tussenwerpen
• uitwerpen
• verwerpen
• wegwerpen

From Old Dutch werpan, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.

werpen

1. to throw
2. to cast off, to lose
3. to give birth (of animals)
4. to damage, to hurt by throwing something (such as stones)
5. to stone, to kill by throwing something (such as stones)

• Dutch: werpen
• Limburgish: wèrpe

• “werpen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “werpen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929