hoppeln
German
    
    Etymology
    
Iterative form of dialectal hoppen. The latter is formally a Low German and Central German variant of hüpfen (“to hop”); it also old, however, in Alemannic dialects (where it may be borrowed from the North or formed independently through onomatopoeia).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔpəln/
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Verb
    
hoppeln (weak, third-person singular present hoppelt, past tense hoppelte, past participle gehoppelt, auxiliary sein)
- to hop (especially referring to a hare)
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | hoppeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hoppelnd | ||||
| past participle | gehoppelt | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich hopple ich hoppele ich hoppel | wir hoppeln | i | ich hoppele ich hopple | wir hoppeln | 
| du hoppelst | ihr hoppelt | du hoppelest du hopplest | ihr hoppelet ihr hopplet | ||
| er hoppelt | sie hoppeln | er hoppele er hopple | sie hoppeln | ||
| preterite | ich hoppelte | wir hoppelten | ii | ich hoppelte1 | wir hoppelten1 | 
| du hoppeltest | ihr hoppeltet | du hoppeltest1 | ihr hoppeltet1 | ||
| er hoppelte | sie hoppelten | er hoppelte1 | sie hoppelten1 | ||
| imperative | hopple (du) hoppel (du) hoppele (du) | hoppelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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