hopsen
[ˈhɔpsn̩]
The verdict
“hopsen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mehrfach mit den Füßen den Boden verlassen und in die Höhe springen, mit und ohne sich dabei weiter wegzubewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hopsen · hopsen · German
hopsen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hopsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɔpsn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hopsen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hopsen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɔpsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for hopsen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hopsen, spelled H-O-P-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1mehrfach mit den Füßen den Boden verlassen und in die Höhe springen, mit und ohne sich dabei weiter wegzubewegen
- 2ohne große Mühe, mit einem Hopser, von etwas herunter oder über etwas hinweg springen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hopsen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Rund um ihn herum hopsten verkleidete Kinder – als Indianer – und grölten lauthals.“
„Wir sind da also immer einfach über den Zaun gehopst und haben uns geholt, was wir so zum Spielen verwenden wollten.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.