huppan

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic stem + -an (instantaneous-frequentative verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhupːɒn]
  • Hyphenation: hup‧pan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

huppan

  1. (intransitive) to fall with a thud, to slump, plop (to fall somewhere, with lative suffixes, making a soft, dull sound)
    Synonyms: zuhan, pottyan, zöttyen
    A gyerekek a földre huppantak. ― The children plopped down on the ground.

Conjugation
conjugation of huppan
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. huppanok huppansz huppan huppanunk huppantok huppannak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. huppantam huppantál huppant huppantunk huppantatok huppantak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. huppannék huppannál huppanna huppannánk huppannátok huppannának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. huppanjak huppanj or
huppanjál		 huppanjon huppanjunk huppanjatok huppanjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive huppanni huppannom huppannod huppannia huppannunk huppannotok huppanniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
huppanás huppanó huppant ― huppanva huppanhat

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • belehuppan
  • lehuppan
  • visszahuppan

References
  1. huppan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. huppan in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading
  • huppan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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