hopsen
German, verb/ˈhɔpsən/
hopsen is spelled H-O-P-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hopsen is a German verb meaning “to hop; to lollop; to dance awkwardly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehrfach mit den Füßen den Boden verlassen und in die Höhe springen, mit und ohne sich dabei weiter…”.
What does hopsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hop; to lollop; to dance awkwardly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mehrfach mit den Füßen den Boden verlassen und in die Höhe springen, mit und ohne sich dabei weiter wegzubewegen 2. ohne große Mühe, mit einem Hopser, von etwas herunter oder über etwas hinweg springen
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 hopsen
- hopst present singular third-person
- hopste past
- gehopst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hopsend participle present
- hopse first-person indicative present
- hopsest second-person singular subjunctive
- hopset plural second-person subjunctive
- hopsten first-person indicative plural
- hopstest indicative preterite second-person
- hopstet indicative plural preterite
- hops imperative second-person singular
- habe gehopst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gehopst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- hops! imperative singular
- hopse! imperative singular
- hopst! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hopsen?
- /ˈhɔpsən/
- [ˈhɔpsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hopsen in German?
hopsen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).