verkloppen
German, verb
verkloppen is spelled V-E-R-K-L-O-P-P-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkloppen is a German verb meaning “to beat up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkloppen is a different word: “gerund of verkloppen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem eine Tracht Prügel verpassen, eine Person (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (auf sie kloppen)”.
What does verkloppen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto beat up
- 2
colloquialto sell
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkloppen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem eine Tracht Prügel verpassen, eine Person (nicht sehr brutal) schlagen (auf sie kloppen) 2. ohne viele Umstände (an privat) und nicht unbedingt zum vollen Wert verkaufen; etwas zu Geld machen
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 verkloppen
- verkloppt present singular third-person
- verkloppte past
- haben auxiliary
- verkloppend participle present
- verkloppe first-person indicative present
- verkloppst indicative present second-person
- verkloppest second-person singular subjunctive
- verkloppet plural second-person subjunctive
- verkloppten first-person indicative plural
- verklopptest indicative preterite second-person
- verklopptet indicative plural preterite
- verklopp imperative second-person singular
- habe verkloppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verkloppt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verklopp! imperative singular
- verkloppe! imperative singular
- verkloppt! imperative plural
- verkloppt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkloppen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkloppen in German?
verkloppen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).