hoppeln
German, verb/ˈhɔpəln/
hoppeln is spelled H-O-P-P-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hoppeln is a German verb meaning “to hop (especially referring to a hare)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich hüpfend in kleinen Sprüngen fortbewegen”.
What does hoppeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hop (especially referring to a hare)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich hüpfend in kleinen Sprüngen fortbewegen
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 hoppeln
- hoppelt present singular third-person
- hoppelte past
- gehoppelt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- hoppelnd participle present
- hopple first-person indicative present
- hoppele first-person indicative present
- hoppel first-person indicative present
- hoppelst indicative present second-person
- hoppelest second-person singular subjunctive
- hopplest second-person singular subjunctive
- hoppelet plural second-person subjunctive
- hopplet plural second-person subjunctive
- hoppelten first-person indicative plural
- hoppeltest indicative preterite second-person
- hoppeltet indicative plural preterite
- hopple! imperative singular
- hoppelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hoppeln?
- /ˈhɔpəln/
- [ˈhɔpl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hoppeln in German?
hoppeln appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).