hampeln
German, verb/ˈhampəln/
hampeln is spelled H-A-M-P-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hampeln is a German verb meaning “to jump about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unruhig und raumgreifend bewegen”.
What does hampeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jump about
- 2
to fidget
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unruhig und raumgreifend bewegen 2. sich humpelnd bewegen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hampeln
- hampelt present singular third-person
- hampelte past
- gehampelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- hampelnd participle present
- hample first-person indicative present
- hampele first-person indicative present
- hampel first-person indicative present
- hampelst indicative present second-person
- hampelest second-person singular subjunctive
- hamplest second-person singular subjunctive
- hampelet plural second-person subjunctive
- hamplet plural second-person subjunctive
- hampelten first-person indicative plural
- hampeltest indicative preterite second-person
- hampeltet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hampeln?
- /ˈhampəln/
- [ˈhampl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hampeln in German?
hampeln appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).