knüppeln
German, verb
knüppeln is spelled K-N-Ü-P-P-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knüppeln is a German verb meaning “to bludgeon, to thrash, to hit with a stick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Knüppeln is a different word: “dative plural of Knüppel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Knüppel auf jemanden oder etwas einschlagen”.
What does knüppeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bludgeon, to thrash, to hit with a stick
- 2
describes that a song is defined by a noticeably loud drum beat in a simple and steady uptempo rhythm
Das Lied knüppelt.
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Knüppel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Knüppel auf jemanden oder etwas einschlagen 2. eine Segelyacht oder ein Segelschiff bei Starkwind in die Grenzbelastung bringen
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 knüppeln
- knüppelt present singular third-person
- knüppelte past
- geknüppelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- knüppelnd participle present
- knüpple first-person indicative present
- knüppele first-person indicative present
- knüppel first-person indicative present
- knüppelst indicative present second-person
- knüppelest second-person singular subjunctive
- knüpplest second-person singular subjunctive
- knüppelet plural second-person subjunctive
- knüpplet plural second-person subjunctive
- knüppelten first-person indicative plural
- knüppeltest indicative preterite second-person
- knüppeltet indicative plural preterite
- knüpple! imperative singular
- knüppele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to knüppeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is knüppeln in German?
knüppeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).