wuppen
German, verb/ˈvʊpən/
wuppen is spelled W-U-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wuppen is a German verb meaning “to lift or turn (something) with a quick, jerking movement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas erfolgreich bewältigen”.
What does wuppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto lift or turn (something) with a quick, jerking movement
Du packst da drüben an und dann wuppen wir das hier drauf!
- 2
informalto get (something) done
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas erfolgreich bewältigen
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 wuppen
- wuppt present singular third-person
- wuppte past
- gewuppt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wuppend participle present
- wuppe first-person indicative present
- wuppst indicative present second-person
- wuppest second-person singular subjunctive
- wuppet plural second-person subjunctive
- wuppten first-person indicative plural
- wupptest indicative preterite second-person
- wupptet indicative plural preterite
- wupp imperative second-person singular
- habe gewuppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gewuppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- wupp! imperative singular
- wuppe! imperative singular
- wuppt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wuppen?
- /ˈvʊpən/
- [ˈvʊ.pm̩]
- [-p(ə)n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wuppen in German?
wuppen appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).