hoffen
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hoffen in a sentence
Ich hoffe, dass ihr zu meinem Geburtstag kommen könnt.
I hope that you can come to my birthday.
Conjugation of hoffen
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- hoffte
- Perfect
- hat gehofft
Word family
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Where hoffen comes from
mittelhochdeutsch hoffen, vielleicht verwandt mit hüpfen und dann ursprünglich wohl = (vor Erwartung) aufgeregt umherhüpfen :in Erwartung hüpfen, mittelniederdeutsch: hoppen
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Questions about hoffen
How do you conjugate hoffen?
Present tense: ich hoffe, du hoffst, er hofft, wir hoffen, ihr hofft, sie hoffen. Simple past: hoffte. Perfect: hat gehofft.
What does hoffen mean in English?
hoffen means "hope". For example: "Ich hoffe, dass ihr zu meinem Geburtstag kommen könnt." — "I hope that you can come to my birthday."
What level is hoffen in German?
hoffen is a B1 word — b1 — intermediate. It belongs to the hope & optimism vocabulary.
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