hüpfen

See also: hupfen

German

Alternative forms

• hüppen (only colloquial; northern and central Germany)
• hupfen (only colloquial; southern Germany and Austria)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German hopfen. Cognate with English hop and Dutch hippen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʏpfən/, [ˈhʏpfən], [ˈhʏpfɱ̩]

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Verb

1. to hop
2. (of ball) to bounce

Derived terms

• Hüpfburg

Related terms

• hoppeln
• hopsen

Further reading

• “hüpfen” in Duden online