verb
to honk, to toot
B1
'hupen' means 'to honk' or 'to toot' with a vehicle horn. It's a regular weak verb (Perfekt: gehupt) forming perfect with haben. Non‑reflexive and not separable. Used for car horns and signalling; noun is die Hupe. Imperative forms include hup! (du) and hupen! (Sie).
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Als der Bus anfuhr, hupte er zweimal.
When the bus set off, it tooted twice.
Der Fahrer hupte, um die Fußgänger zu warnen.
The driver honked to warn the pedestrians.
Ich hupe nicht.
I don't honk.
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Picture a car making a short 'hup hup' noise with its horn.
Sounds like 'hoop' with an 'n' — imagine the short horn sound 'hup'.
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A regular weak verb meaning the sound a horn makes. Often used intransitively (es wird gehupt) in everyday contexts. Intransitive verb; personal passive (with a grammatical subject like 'ich/du/...') is not generally used — only impersonal passive (es wird gehupt) is common, therefore personal passive forms are marked not applicable.