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klappern

German, verb

klappern is spelled K-L-A-P-P-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klappern is a German verb meaning “to clatter (make a rattling or clapping sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Klappern is a different word: “gerund of klappern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wiederholt helle harte Geräusche durch Aneinanderschlagen fester Gegenstände von sich geben”.

What does klappern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to clatter (make a rattling or clapping sound)

noun

as Klappern
  1. 1

    neutergerund of klappern

noun

as Klappern
  1. 1

    feminineplural of Klapper, rattle

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. wiederholt helle harte Geräusche durch Aneinanderschlagen fester Gegenstände von sich geben 2. sich unter Abgabe von hellen harten Geräuschen bewegen

noun: 1. hohes Geräusch mehrfach aneinanderstoßender harter Teile

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 klappern

  • klappert present singular third-person
  • klapperte past
  • geklappert participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • klappernd participle present
  • klappre first-person indicative present
  • klappere first-person indicative present
  • klapper first-person indicative present
  • klapperst indicative present second-person
  • klapperest second-person singular subjunctive
  • klapprest second-person singular subjunctive
  • klapperet plural second-person subjunctive
  • klappret plural second-person subjunctive
  • klapperten first-person indicative plural
  • klappertest indicative preterite second-person
  • klappertet indicative plural preterite
  • kleppern variant archaic
  • klappere! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to klappern

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is klappern in German?

klappern appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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