hopsen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German *hopzen, from Old High German hopfezzen, hophezzen, hoppezzen, hoppazzen, from Proto-West Germanic *hoppattjan. Cognate with Old English hoppettan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔpsən/
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Verb

hopsen (weak, third-person singular present hopst, past tense hopste, past participle gehopst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to hop; to lollop; to dance awkwardly
    • 2012, Christian Kracht, Imperium., Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, →ISBN, page 114:
      Engelhardt ließ den selig lächelnden Makeli stehen, sauste die Straße hinunter, stob durch die Pfützen, schlug einen Haken um einen lebhaft orangerot blühenden Birkenfeigenbaum, übersprang hopsend die einzelnen Treppen der Hotelveranda und kam heftig atmend vor einem sommersprossigen jungen Mann zu stehen, der seinerseits vom Bastsofa aufsprang, die blonde Tolle hinters Ohr klemmte, die feuchten Hände an der Hose abwischte und sich mit einem schiefen Grinsen als Heinrich Aueckens vorstellte, Vegetarier, aus Helgoland.
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