UrsprungFrom Old Swedish dræpa, Old Norse drepa (“to hit; to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-. Doublet of drabba and träffa.
- poetic, regionalto kill, to commit manslaughter
“1890 P. P. Waldenström, Genom norra Amerikas förenta stater, page 360” — Cronin had been called to a doctor's visit. In the house, he found himself in the midst of murderers, who without mercy killed him, after which they stuffed his corpse down a manhole, where it was lat
Formerdräper(present) · dräpte(preterite) · dräpt(supine) · dräp(imperative) · dräpa(active, infinitive) · dräpas(infinitive, passive) · dräpt(active, supine) · dräpts(passive, supine) · dräp(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · dräpen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · dräper(active, indicative, present) · dräpte(active, indicative, past) · dräps(indicative, passive, present) · dräpes(indicative, passive, present) · dräptes(indicative, passive, past) · dräpa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · dräpte(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · dräpas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)