hüpfte

hüpfte is the past tense form of the German verb hüpfen. Hüpfen generally translates to "to hop" or "to jump" in English. Therefore, hüpfte describes an action of hopping or jumping that occurred in the past. The verb hüpfen is often used to describe the movement of small children, animals, or in a playful context. For example, "Das Kind hüpfte vor Freude" translates to "The child hopped with joy." Similarly, "Der Frosch hüpfte ins Wasser" means "The frog hopped into the water." The conjugation of hüpfen follows regular German verb patterns. In the past tense, the stem is "hüpf" and the appropriate past tense ending is added. For the third-person singular, which is commonly used when referring to a singular subject performing the action, the ending is "-te," resulting in hüpfte. Other conjugations in the past tense include ich hüpfte, du hüpftest, er/sie/es hüpfte, wir hüpften, ihr hüpftet, and sie/Sie hüpften. The meaning remains consistent across these conjugations, simply indicating a past hopping or jumping action by the subject.