Hypätä

Hypätä is Finnish for to jump or leap and can refer to a physical action as well as figurative uses such as skipping over something. It describes the act of lifting off the ground and moving through the air, and it can be combined with prepositions to indicate direction (for example, hypätä yli means to jump over something). The verb is intransitive, typically not taking a direct object.

In everyday Finnish, hypätä is conjugated regularly within the Finnic system. Present tense forms are: minä hyppään, sinä hypäät, hän hyppää, me hyppäämme, te hyppäätte, he hyppäävät. The imperfect (past) forms are: minä hyppäsin, sinä hyppäsit, hän hyppäsi, me hyppäsimme, te hyppäsitte, he hyppäsivät. The perfect form, used with olla to express have jumped, is formed with the past participle hypännyt: olen hypännyt, olet hypännyt, hän on hypännyt, olemme hypänneet, olette hypänneet, he ovat hypänneet. A present adverbial participle is hypäen, meaning “while jumping,” and the noun for the action is hyppy (a jump).

Common related terms include hyppy, meaning a jump or leap; hypäntäjä or hyppääjä for a jumper; and the common compound ilmaisut like hypätä yli (to jump over) or korkeushyppy and pituushyppy for high jump and long jump. Hypätä is a basic, frequently used verb in sports, outdoor activities, and idiomatic expressions, making it a core element of everyday Finnish vocabulary.