ploppen
German, verb/ˈplɔpən/
ploppen is spelled P-L-O-P-P-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ploppen is a German verb meaning “to be uncorked or otherwise opened” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein kurzes, dunkles Geräusch produzieren”.
What does ploppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be uncorked or otherwise opened
- 2
to break through a (thin) surface
- 3
to bounce, be dribbled
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein kurzes, dunkles Geräusch produzieren
noun: 1. ploppendes Geräusch
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 ploppen
- ploppt present singular third-person
- ploppte past
- geploppt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ploppend participle present
- ploppe first-person indicative present
- ploppst indicative present second-person
- ploppest second-person singular subjunctive
- ploppet plural second-person subjunctive
- ploppten first-person indicative plural
- plopptest indicative preterite second-person
- plopptet indicative plural preterite
- plopp imperative second-person singular
- habe geploppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geploppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ploppe! imperative singular
- ploppt! imperative plural
- geploppt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ploppen?
- /ˈplɔpən/
- [ˈplɔ.pən]
- [-pm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ploppen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ploppen in German?
ploppen 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).