German edit

Etymology edit

Iterative form of dialectal hoppen. The latter is formally a Low German and Central German variant of hüpfen (to hop); it also old, however, in Alemannic dialects (where it may be borrowed from the North or formed independently through onomatopoeia).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔpəln/
  • (file)

Verb edit

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

  1. to hop (especially referring to a hare)

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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