holpern
See also: Holpern
German
Etymology
Early New High German, of unclear origin, possibly of imitative origin (lautmalend).[1][2] However, compare Lithuanian klupt (“to bend or move quickly, jolt, stumble, fall upon”) and klùpti, klū́poti (“to kneel”).
Pronunciation
Verb
holpern (weak, third-person singular present holpert, past tense holperte, past participle geholpert, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive)
- to jolt, to bump, to rumble (to move roughly over uneven terrain; especially of vehicles) [auxiliary sein]
- Synonym: rumpeln
- (figuratively) to stumble, to not run entirely smoothly, to have occasional issues (of a process or the flow of a creative work) [auxiliary haben]
- Die Umsetzung hat leider etwas geholpert. / Bei der Umsetzung hat es leider etwas geholpert.
- Unfotunately, there were some hitches when it came to putting it into practice.
Conjugation
Conjugation of holpern (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | holpern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | holpernd | ||||
| past participle | geholpert | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich holpre ich holpere ich holper |
wir holpern | i | ich holpere ich holpre |
wir holpern |
| du holperst | ihr holpert | du holperest du holprest |
ihr holperet ihr holpret | ||
| er holpert | sie holpern | er holpere er holpre |
sie holpern | ||
| preterite | ich holperte | wir holperten | ii | ich holperte1 | wir holperten1 |
| du holpertest | ihr holpertet | du holpertest1 | ihr holpertet1 | ||
| er holperte | sie holperten | er holperte1 | sie holperten1 | ||
| imperative | holpre (du) holper (du) holpere (du) |
holpert (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of holpern (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “holpern” in Duden online
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “holpern”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891