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poppen

German, verb/ˈpɔpən/

poppen is spelled P-O-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poppen is a German verb meaning “to have sex; to fuck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geschlechtsverkehr haben”.

What does poppen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    informalvulgarto have sex; to fuck

verb

  1. 1

    Switzerlandto play with dolls

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto pop; to surprise; to impress

  2. 2

    colloquialto pop as popcorn does

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Geschlechtsverkehr haben 2. die Form verändern, das Wort wird bei der Veränderung eines Lebensmittels durch Hitze und Druck verwendet, wie es zum Beispiel bei der Herstellung von Popcorn geschieht 3. Effekt haben, gut sein 4. mit einer Puppe (Poppe) spielen

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 poppen

  • poppt present singular third-person
  • poppte past
  • gepoppt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • poppend participle present
  • poppe first-person indicative present
  • poppst indicative present second-person
  • poppest second-person singular subjunctive
  • poppet plural second-person subjunctive
  • poppten first-person indicative plural
  • popptest indicative preterite second-person
  • popptet indicative plural preterite
  • popp imperative second-person singular
  • habe gepoppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gepoppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • poppeln variant
  • poppe! imperative singular
  • poppt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce poppen?

  • /ˈpɔpən/
  • [ˈpɔpən]
  • [ˈpɔpm̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is poppen in German?

poppen appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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