holpern
Appearance
See also: Holpern
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Early New High German, of unclear origin, possibly of imitative origin (lautmalend).[1][2] However, compare Lithuanian klupt (“to bend or move quickly, jolt, stumble, fall upon”) and klùpti, klū́poti (“to kneel”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]holpern (weak, third-person singular present holpert, past tense holperte, past participle geholpert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | holpern | ||||
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present participle | holpernd | ||||
past participle | geholpert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich holpre ich holpere ich holper |
wir holpern | i | ich holpere ich holpre |
wir holpern |
du holperst | ihr holpert | du holperest du holprest |
ihr holperet ihr holpret | ||
er holpert | sie holpern | er holpere er holpre |
sie holpern | ||
preterite | ich holperte | wir holperten | ii | ich holperte1 | wir holperten1 |
du holpertest | ihr holpertet | du holpertest1 | ihr holpertet1 | ||
er holperte | sie holperten | er holperte1 | sie holperten1 | ||
imperative | holpre (du) holper (du) holpere (du) |
holpert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “holpern” in Duden online
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “holpern”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891