japsen
German, verb
japsen is spelled J-A-P-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japsen is a German verb meaning “to be out of breath, short of breath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Japsen is a different word: “gerund of japsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach Luft schnappen, um Luft ringen”.
What does japsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be out of breath, short of breath
- 2
to gasp for air
noun
- 1
neutergerund of japsen
noun
- 1
plural of Japse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach Luft schnappen, um Luft ringen
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 japsen
- japst present singular third-person
- japste past
- gejapst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- japsend participle present
- japse first-person indicative present
- japsest second-person singular subjunctive
- japset plural second-person subjunctive
- japsten first-person indicative plural
- japstest indicative preterite second-person
- japstet indicative plural preterite
- japs imperative second-person singular
- habe gejapst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gejapst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- japs! imperative singular
- japse! imperative singular
- japst! imperative plural
- gejapst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to japsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is japsen in German?
japsen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).