hoppeln

Iterative form of dialectal hoppen. The latter is formally a German 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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔpəln/

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hoppeln (third-person singular simple present hoppelt, past tense hoppelte, past participle gehoppel, auxiliary haben)

1. to hop; to scuttle (describing, in particular, the movement of the hare)

• hopsen
• hüpfen