Klopfzeichen
German, noun/ˈklɔpfˌt͡saɪ̯çən/
Klopfzeichen is spelled K-L-O-P-F-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klopfzeichen is a German neuter noun meaning “knock (as a signal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeichen, das durch Klopfen gegeben wird”.
What does Klopfzeichen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterknock (as a signal)
Klopfzeichen geben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeichen, das durch Klopfen gegeben wird
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 Klopfzeichen
- Klopfzeichens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klopfzeichen?
- /ˈklɔpfˌt͡saɪ̯çən/
- [-çn̩]
- Germany [-xn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Klopfzeichen in German?
Klopfzeichen appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).