hopsgehen
[ˈhɔpsˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“hopsgehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei etwas zu Tode kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hopsgehen · hopsgehen · German
hopsgehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | hopsgehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈhɔpsˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hopsgehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hopsgehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈhɔpsˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hopsgehen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is hopsgehen, spelled H-O-P-S-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei etwas zu Tode kommen
- 2verloren oder kaputt gehen
- 3bei einem Vergehen erwischt und zügig verhaftet werden
Synonyms
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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.