hoppeln
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Verb
[edit]hoppeln (weak, third-person singular present hoppelt, past tense hoppelte, past participle gehoppelt, auxiliary sein)
- to hop (especially referring to a hare)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | hoppeln | ||||
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present participle | hoppelnd | ||||
past participle | gehoppelt | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hopple ich hoppele ich hoppel |
wir hoppeln | i | ich hoppele ich hopple |
wir hoppeln |
du hoppelst | ihr hoppelt | du hoppelest du hopplest |
ihr hoppelet ihr hopplet | ||
er hoppelt | sie hoppeln | er hoppele er hopple |
sie hoppeln | ||
preterite | ich hoppelte | wir hoppelten | ii | ich hoppelte1 | wir hoppelten1 |
du hoppeltest | ihr hoppeltet | du hoppeltest1 | ihr hoppeltet1 | ||
er hoppelte | sie hoppelten | er hoppelte1 | sie hoppelten1 | ||
imperative | hopple (du) hoppel (du) hoppele (du) |
hoppelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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