hampeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Low German. The form is a variation of Middle Low German ampeln (“to make inept movements in order to reach something”), probably under the influence of cognate forms of humpeln (“to hobble”) and/or hüpfen (“to hop”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hampeln (weak, third-person singular present hampelt, past tense hampelte, past participle gehampelt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to jump about
- to fidget
Usage notes
[edit]- The auxiliary sein is used if someone is moving in a direction in a fidgeting way, otherwise the auxiliary haben is used.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | hampeln | ||||
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present participle | hampelnd | ||||
past participle | gehampelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hample ich hampele ich hampel |
wir hampeln | i | ich hampele ich hample |
wir hampeln |
du hampelst | ihr hampelt | du hampelest du hamplest |
ihr hampelet ihr hamplet | ||
er hampelt | sie hampeln | er hampele er hample |
sie hampeln | ||
preterite | ich hampelte | wir hampelten | ii | ich hampelte1 | wir hampelten1 |
du hampeltest | ihr hampeltet | du hampeltest1 | ihr hampeltet1 | ||
er hampelte | sie hampelten | er hampelte1 | sie hampelten1 | ||
imperative | hample (du) hampel (du) hampele (du) |
hampelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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- German terms borrowed from German Low German
- German terms derived from German Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German 2-syllable words
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- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German verbs using sein as auxiliary
- German verbs using haben and sein as auxiliary