läppern
German, verb/ˈlɛpərn/
läppern is spelled L-Ä-P-P-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Läppern is a German verb meaning “to mount up from small individual amounts to a large sum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus kleinen Einzelbeiträgen eine große Menge ergeben”.
What does läppern mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto mount up from small individual amounts to a large sum
30 Cent klingt wenig, aber aufs Jahr gerechnet läppert sich das.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus kleinen Einzelbeiträgen eine große Menge ergeben 2. in kleinen Schlucken trinken
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 läppern
- läppert present singular third-person
- läpperte past
- geläppert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- läppernd participle present
- läppre first-person indicative present
- läppere first-person indicative present
- läpper first-person indicative present
- läpperst indicative present second-person
- läpperest second-person singular subjunctive
- läpprest second-person singular subjunctive
- läpperet plural second-person subjunctive
- läppret plural second-person subjunctive
- läpperten first-person indicative plural
- läppertest indicative preterite second-person
- läppertet indicative plural preterite
- läppere! imperative singular
- läppert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce läppern?
- /ˈlɛpərn/
- [ˈlɛ.pɐn]
- [ˈlɛpɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is läppern in German?
läppern appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).