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skypen

German, verb[ˈskaɪ̯.pn̩]

skypen is spelled S-K-Y-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skypen is a German verb meaning “to skype (make a Skype telephone call)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit der Software Skype über das Internet telefonieren”.

What does skypen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to skype (make a Skype telephone call)

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. mit der Software Skype über das Internet telefonieren

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 skypen

  • skypt present singular third-person
  • skypte past
  • geskypt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • skypend participle present
  • skype first-person indicative present
  • skypst indicative present second-person
  • skypest second-person singular subjunctive
  • skypet plural second-person subjunctive
  • skypten first-person indicative plural
  • skyptest indicative preterite second-person
  • skyptet indicative plural preterite
  • skyp imperative second-person singular
  • habe geskypt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben geskypt first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • skyp! imperative singular
  • skype! imperative singular
  • skypt! imperative plural

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

How do you pronounce skypen?

  • [ˈskaɪ̯.pn̩]
  • [ˈskaɪ̯.pm̩]
  • [ˈskaɪ̯pn̩]

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

English words that translate to skypen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is skypen in German?

skypen appears about once in every 4 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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