kloppen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ.pə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cloppen, from Old Dutch *cloppōn, probably onomatopoeic. Cognate with German klopfen and kloppen.

Verb

kloppen

1. (intransitive) to beat, hit

   Ze kloppen tot hun slachtoffer om genade smeekt.

   They beat till their victim begs for mercy.

2. (intransitive) to knock

   Hij klopt op de deur.

   He knocks on the door.

3. (intransitive) to defeat

   Hij is met 5-0 vernederend geklopt.

   He was humiliatingly beaten 5-0.

4. (intransitive) to pulsate, like a heart
5. (intransitive) to be correct, to be true

   Klopt het dat jij niet van pannenkoeken houdt?

   Is it true that you don't like pancakes?

6. (intransitive) to fit, work out, like a calculation; to make sense, to be true

   Ik had Stephen ook al gevraagd om een vertaling, maar ik weet niet of het echt klopt.

   I had also already asked Stephen for a translation, but I don't know if it truly makes sense.

7. (intransitive) to lead the devoutly professed, unmarried but non-congregational life of a Catholic klop

Inflection

Conjugation of kloppen (weak)
infinitive	kloppen
past singular	klopte
past participle	geklopt
infinitive	kloppen
gerund	kloppen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	klop	klopte
2nd person sing. (jij)	klopt	klopte
2nd person sing. (u)	klopt	klopte
2nd person sing. (gij)	klopt	klopte
3rd person singular	klopt	klopte
plural	kloppen	klopten
subjunctive sing.1	kloppe	klopte
subjunctive plur.1	kloppen	klopten
imperative sing.	klop
imperative plur.1	klopt
participles	kloppend	geklopt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• klopping
• aankloppen
• afkloppen
• opkloppen
• uitkloppen
• klopbroeder
• klopgeest
• klopkamer

Descendants

• → Indonesian: klop

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kloppen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of klop

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German

Etymology

Central and Low German form of klopfen (“to knock”), from northern Middle High German and Middle Low German kloppen. Cognate with Dutch kloppen. The verb was adopted into standard German, in its rougher sense, via the modern vernaculars. An older standard word is the derivative Klöppel (“clapper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔpən/, [ˈklɔpən], [ˈklɔpm̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: klop‧pen

Verb

1. (informal, reflexive) to fight, to engage in a fistfight

   Ich habe mich oft mit meinem Bruder gekloppt.

   I often engaged in fights with my brother.

2. (informal, transitive or intransitive + auf) to thump, to hit hard

   Klopp da mal ordentlich drauf, vielleicht geht’s dann auf.

   Give it a good thump, maybe it’ll open then.

Synonyms

• (fight): prügeln
• (thump): hauen, schlagen

Derived terms

• Kloppe
• Klöppel
• rumkloppen, herumkloppen
• verkloppen
• Klopperei

Further reading

• “kloppen” in Duden online