klopfen
German, verb
klopfen is spelled K-L-O-P-F-E-N (7 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klopfen is a German verb meaning “to knock, to rap (strike rather gently with something hard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Klopfen is a different word: “gerund of klopfen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch periodische Bewegung ein rhythmisches Geräusch erzeugen”.
What does klopfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to knock, to rap (strike rather gently with something hard)
an die Tür klopfen
- 2
to throb; to beat quickly or audibly
das Herz klopft
noun
- 1
neutergerund of klopfen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch periodische Bewegung ein rhythmisches Geräusch erzeugen
noun: 1. Handlung, mit dem Finger oder einem Gegenstand an etwas vernehmlich zu pochen, an etwas zu klopfen
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 klopfen
- klopft present singular third-person
- klopfte past
- geklopft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- klopfend participle present
- klopfe first-person indicative present
- klopfst indicative present second-person
- klopfest second-person singular subjunctive
- klopfet plural second-person subjunctive
- klopften first-person indicative plural
- klopftest indicative preterite second-person
- klopftet indicative plural preterite
- klopf imperative second-person singular
- habe geklopft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geklopft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- klopf! imperative singular
- klopfe! imperative singular
- klopft! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to klopfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klopfen in German?
klopfen appears 4.8 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).