holpern

== German == === Etymology === Early New High German, of unclear origin, possibly of imitative origin (lautmalend). 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] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== holprig === References === === Further reading === “holpern” in Duden online “holpern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache