hoppeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hoppeln, iterative form of hoppen. The latter is formally a Low German and Central German variant of hüpfen (to hop) (from Middle High German hüpfen or hupfen; it is also present, however, in Alemannic dialects (where it may be borrowed from the North or formed independently through onomatopoeia). By surface analysis, hoppen +‎ -eln.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔpəln/, [ˈhɔpl̩n]
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Verb

hoppeln (weak, third-person singular present hoppelt, past tense hoppelte, past participle gehoppelt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to hop (especially referring to a hare)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • hoppeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • hoppeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon