ausklopfen
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌklɔp͡fn̩/
ausklopfen is spelled A-U-S-K-L-O-P-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausklopfen is a German verb meaning “to beat something in order to clean it; to knock out something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Klopfen aus etwas entfernen”.
What does ausklopfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beat something in order to clean it; to knock out something
einen Teppich ausklopfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Klopfen aus etwas entfernen 2. durch Klopfen reinigen, säubern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ausklopfen
- klopft aus present singular third-person
- klopfte aus past
- ausgeklopft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausklopfend participle present
- auszuklopfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klopfe aus first-person indicative present
- klopfen aus first-person indicative plural
- klopfst aus indicative present second-person
- klopfest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- klopfet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- klopften aus first-person indicative plural
- klopftest aus indicative preterite second-person
- klopftet aus indicative plural preterite
- klopf aus! imperative singular
- klopfe aus! imperative singular
- klopft aus! imperative plural
- ausgeklopft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausklopfen?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌklɔp͡fn̩/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌklɔp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausklopfen in German?
ausklopfen appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).