klapsen
German, verb
klapsen is spelled K-L-A-P-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klapsen is a German verb meaning “to slap (to smack (lightly))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Klapsen is a different word: “plural of Klapse”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Fingern, der Hand oder einem leichten Gegenstand einen Klaps austeilen”.
What does klapsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slap (to smack (lightly))
- 2
to make a slapping noise
noun
- 1
plural of Klapse
noun
- 1
dative plural of Klaps
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit den Fingern, der Hand oder einem leichten Gegenstand einen Klaps austeilen
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 klapsen
- klapst present singular third-person
- klapste past
- geklapst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- klapsend participle present
- klapse first-person indicative present
- klapsest second-person singular subjunctive
- klapset plural second-person subjunctive
- klapsten first-person indicative plural
- klapstest indicative preterite second-person
- klapstet indicative plural preterite
- klaps imperative second-person singular
- habe geklapst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geklapst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- klaps! imperative singular
- klapse! imperative singular
- klapst! imperative plural
- geklapst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is klapsen in German?
klapsen appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).