humpeln

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Low German [Term?], from Middle Low German *humpelen (attested in the nominalization humpeler). Compare Dutch hompelen, which, according to Van Neen & Van der Sijs, is of imitative origin, akin to huppen, English hop, etc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʊmpəln/ === Verb === humpeln (weak, third-person singular present humpelt, past tense humpelte, past participle gehumpelt, auxiliary sein or haben) to hobble, to limp Synonyms: hinken, lahmen, holpern ==== Conjugation ==== === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hompelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === “humpeln” in Duden online “humpeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache