kloppen
German, verb/ˈklɔpən/
kloppen is spelled K-L-O-P-P-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kloppen is a German verb meaning “to fight, to engage in a fistfight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlagen”.
What does kloppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto fight, to engage in a fistfight
Ich habe mich oft mit meinem Bruder gekloppt.
- 2
informalto thump, to hit hard
Klopp da mal ordentlich drauf, vielleicht geht’s dann auf.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schlagen 2. sich schlagen, sich prügeln
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 kloppen
- kloppt present singular third-person
- kloppte past
- gekloppt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kloppend participle present
- kloppe first-person indicative present
- kloppst indicative present second-person
- kloppest second-person singular subjunctive
- kloppet plural second-person subjunctive
- kloppten first-person indicative plural
- klopptest indicative preterite second-person
- klopptet indicative plural preterite
- klopp imperative second-person singular
- habe gekloppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gekloppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- klopp! imperative singular
- kloppe! imperative singular
- kloppt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kloppen?
- /ˈklɔpən/
- [ˈklɔpən]
- [ˈklɔpm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kloppen in German?
kloppen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).