klöppeln
German, verb[ˈklœpl̩n]
klöppeln is spelled K-L-Ö-P-P-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klöppeln is a German verb meaning “to make lace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Werkzeug der Handarbeit (Klöppel) Spitzen herstellen”.
What does klöppeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make lace
- 2
to make lace
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Werkzeug der Handarbeit (Klöppel) Spitzen herstellen 2. in schnellen Wiederholungen wo auftreffen, wie ein Klöppel; trommeln
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 klöppeln
- klöppelt present singular third-person
- klöppelte past
- geklöppelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- klöppelnd participle present
- klöpple first-person indicative present
- klöppele first-person indicative present
- klöppel first-person indicative present
- klöppelst indicative present second-person
- klöppelest second-person singular subjunctive
- klöpplest second-person singular subjunctive
- klöppelet plural second-person subjunctive
- klöpplet plural second-person subjunctive
- klöppelten first-person indicative plural
- klöppeltest indicative preterite second-person
- klöppeltet indicative plural preterite
- klöppel! imperative singular
- klöpple! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce klöppeln?
- [ˈklœpl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is klöppeln in German?
klöppeln appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).