hypen
German, verb/ˈhaɪ̯pn̩/
hypen is spelled H-Y-P-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hypen is a German verb meaning “to hype” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Hype für jemanden oder etwas auslösen; etwas stark anpreisen”.
What does hypen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hype
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Hype für jemanden oder etwas auslösen; etwas stark anpreisen
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 hypen
- hypt present singular third-person
- hypet present proscribed singular
- hypte past
- hypete past proscribed
- gehypt participle past
- gehyped participle past
- gehypet participle past proscribed
- haben auxiliary
- hypend participle present
- hype first-person indicative present
- hypst indicative present second-person
- hypest indicative present proscribed
- hypten first-person indicative plural
- hypeten first-person indicative plural
- hyptest indicative preterite second-person
- hypetest indicative preterite proscribed
- hyp! imperative singular
- hype! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hypen?
- /ˈhaɪ̯pn̩/
- [ˈhaɪ̯pn̩]
- [ˈhaɪ̯pm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hypen in German?
hypen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).