weichklopfen
German, verb/ˈvaɪ̯çˌklɔp͡fn̩/
weichklopfen is spelled W-E-I-C-H-K-L-O-P-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written German, the 508,518th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weichklopfen is a German verb meaning “to beat until soft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so lange mechanisch bearbeiten (klopfen), bis das Nahrungsmittel nicht mehr hart (sondern weich) ist”.
What does weichklopfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beat until soft
- 2
to cajole
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so lange mechanisch bearbeiten (klopfen), bis das Nahrungsmittel nicht mehr hart (sondern weich) ist 2. jemanden so lange bereden, bis dieser zustimmt, obwohl er das zunächst nicht wollte
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 weichklopfen
- klopft weich present singular third-person
- klopfte weich past
- weichgeklopft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- weichklopfend participle present
- weichzuklopfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- klopfe weich first-person indicative present
- klopfen weich first-person indicative plural
- klopfst weich indicative present second-person
- klopfest weich second-person singular subjunctive
- klopfet weich plural second-person subjunctive
- klopften weich first-person indicative plural
- klopftest weich indicative preterite second-person
- klopftet weich indicative plural preterite
- weich klopfen alternative
- klopf weich! imperative singular
- klopfe weich! imperative singular
- klopft weich! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce weichklopfen?
- /ˈvaɪ̯çˌklɔp͡fn̩/
- [ˈvaɪ̯çˌklɔp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is weichklopfen in German?
weichklopfen appears about once in every 68 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).