kloppen

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔ.pə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔpən

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

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

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

kloppen

1. Plural form of klop

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”).

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

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• Hyphenation: klop‧pen

kloppen (third-person singular simple present kloppt, past tense kloppte, past participle gekloppt, auxiliary haben)

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.

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

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

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