foppen

to put on, to tease, to hoax

Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

träzle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

aabeloo

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fetzele

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fetzle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fuggse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

uffzie

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

uuszänsle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

zänsle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ziggle

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

fùggsa

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɔpən/
Etymology

In summary

Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch focken (“to breed; to fuck; to tease”), from Old Dutch *fokkon, from Proto-West Germanic *fukkōn, possibly from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, copulate”). Compare modern Dutch fokken. German foppen developed and spread in Rotwelsch (criminal’s jargon), originally meaning “to trick, deceive” (15th century).

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