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Bruno hupt kurz, um Frida auf dem Radweg zu grüßen. Bruno gives a quick honk to say hello to Frida on the bike lane.

verb · B2

hupen

[ˈhuːpn̩]

to honk, to hoot

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es hupt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es hupte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gehupt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich hupehuptehabe gehupt
du hupsthuptesthast gehupt
er/sie/es hupthuptehat gehupt
wir hupenhuptenhaben gehupt
ihr hupthuptethabt gehupt
sie/Sie hupenhuptenhaben gehupt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gehuptwerde hupenwerde gehupt haben
du hattest gehuptwirst hupenwirst gehupt haben
er/sie/es hatte gehuptwird hupenwird gehupt haben
wir hatten gehuptwerden hupenwerden gehupt haben
ihr hattet gehuptwerdet hupenwerdet gehupt haben
sie/Sie hatten gehuptwerden hupenwerden gehupt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich hupte
du huptest
er/sie/es hupte
wir hupten
ihr huptet
sie/Sie hupten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde hupen.

Person Imperativ
du hup!
ihr hupt!
Sie hupen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

hup root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

die Hupe

In Otti's situations: Frida and the traffic in Berlin

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