festklopfen
German, verb/ˈfɛstˌklɔp͡fn̩/
festklopfen is spelled F-E-S-T-K-L-O-P-F-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festklopfen is a German verb meaning “to knock or tap together or in place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas) durch Schläge mit den Händen oder einem Werkzeug an etwas festmachen, miteinander verbinden”.
What does festklopfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knock or tap together or in place
- 2
to pat down, to tamp down
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas) durch Schläge mit den Händen oder einem Werkzeug an etwas festmachen, miteinander verbinden 2. (etwas, zum Beispiel Erde oder Sand) durch Schläge verdichten, fester, ebener machen 3. (etwas) verbindlich vereinbaren
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 festklopfen
- klopft fest present singular third-person
- klopfte fest past
- festgeklopft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- festklopfend participle present
- festzuklopfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klopfe fest first-person indicative present
- klopfen fest first-person indicative plural
- klopfst fest indicative present second-person
- klopfest fest second-person singular subjunctive
- klopfet fest plural second-person subjunctive
- klopften fest first-person indicative plural
- klopftest fest indicative preterite second-person
- klopftet fest indicative plural preterite
- klopf fest! imperative singular
- klopfe fest! imperative singular
- klopft fest! imperative plural
- festgeklopft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festklopfen?
- /ˈfɛstˌklɔp͡fn̩/
- [ˈfɛstˌklɔp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is festklopfen in German?
festklopfen appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).