zuknallen
German, verb
zuknallen is spelled Z-U-K-N-A-L-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuknallen is a German verb meaning “to slam shut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zuknallen is a different word: “gerund of zuknallen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas schließt sich mit lautem Geräusch (Knall)”.
What does zuknallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slam shut
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zuknallen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas schließt sich mit lautem Geräusch (Knall) 2. etwas mit lautem Geräusch (Knall) schließen 3. sehr viel Alkohol oder andere Drogen zu sich nehmen
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 zuknallen
- knallt zu present singular third-person
- knallte zu past
- zugeknallt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- zuknallend participle present
- zuzuknallen infinitive infinitive-zu
- knalle zu first-person indicative present
- knallen zu first-person indicative plural
- knallst zu indicative present second-person
- knallest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- knallet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- knallten zu first-person indicative plural
- knalltest zu indicative preterite second-person
- knalltet zu indicative plural preterite
- knall zu! imperative singular
- knalle zu! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zuknallen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuknallen in German?
zuknallen appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).