leap Pronunciation: /liːp/Translate leap | into French | into Italian | into Spanish German translation of leapA. v.i. (leaped /liːpt; lept/ or, leapt /lept/) 1 springen; [Herz] hüpfen 2 (fig.) leap at the chance = die Gelegenheit beim Schopf packenB. v.t. leaped or leapt = überspringenC. n. Sprung with or in one leap = mit einem Satz by leaps and bounds (fig.) = mit Riesenschrittenleap in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of leap in the British & World English dictionary Definition of leap in the US English dictionary