hampeln
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German. The form is a variation of Middle Low German ampeln (“to make inept movements in order to reach something”), probably under the influence of cognate forms of humpeln (“to hobble”) and/or hüpfen (“to hop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhampəln/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ham‧peln
Verb
hampeln (weak, third-person singular present hampelt, past tense hampelte, past participle gehampelt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to jump about
- to fidget
Usage notes
- The auxiliary sein is used if someone is moving in a direction in a fidgeting way, otherwise the auxiliary haben is used.
Conjugation
infinitive | hampeln | ||||
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present participle | hampelnd | ||||
past participle | gehampelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hample ich hampele ich hampel |
wir hampeln | i | ich hampele ich hample |
wir hampeln |
du hampelst | ihr hampelt | du hampelest du hamplest |
ihr hampelet ihr hamplet | ||
er hampelt | sie hampeln | er hampele er hample |
sie hampeln | ||
preterite | ich hampelte | wir hampelten | ii | ich hampelte1 | wir hampelten1 |
du hampeltest | ihr hampeltet | du hampeltest1 | ihr hampeltet1 | ||
er hampelte | sie hampelten | er hampelte1 | sie hampelten1 | ||
imperative | hample (du) hampel (du) hampele (du) |
hampelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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