# kloppen
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɔ.pə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: klop‧pen
* Rhymes: -ɔpən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cloppen, from Old Dutch *cloppōn, probably onomatopoeic. Cognate with German klopfen and kloppen.

#### Verb

kloppen
* (intransitive) to beat, hit
    Ze kloppen tot hun slachtoffer om genade smeekt.They beat till their victim begs for mercy.
* (intransitive) to knock
    Hij klopt op de deur.He knocks on the door.
* (intransitive) to defeat
    Hij is met 5-0 vernederend geklopt.He was humiliatingly beaten 5-0.
* (intransitive) to pulsate, like a heart
* (intransitive) to be correct, to be true
    Klopt het dat jij niet van pannenkoeken houdt?Is it true that you don't like pancakes?
* (intransitive) to fit, work out, like a calculation; to make sense, to be true
    Ik had Stephen ook al gevraagd om een vertaling, maar ik weet niet of het echt klopt.I had also already asked Stephen for a translation, but I don't know if it truly makes sense.
* (intransitive) to lead the devoutly professed, unmarried but non-congregational life of a Catholic klop
* (intransitive, transitive, Suriname, vulgar) to jerk off, to masturbate
** 1980, Edgar Cairo, Jeje disi. Karakter's krachten. [This soul. Character's forces.]‎, Haarlem: In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 104:Dan net iets verderop, achter een schutting, waarvoor mensen op hun bus op hun benen staan te wachten. Een man, tussen dat groen van boesboesi. Staat zijn tollie te kloppen, want hij heeft een ekstra lust na slaapgang.Then just a little further on, behind a fence, in front of which people are on their feet waiting for their bus. A man, among the greenery of the bushes. Stands around jerking off his dick, as he has an extra craving after sleeping.

##### Derived terms

* klop klop
* klopbroeder
* klopgeest
* klopkamer
* klopping
* aaneenkloppen
* aankloppen
* afkloppen
* bekloppen
* bijeenkloppen
* binnenkloppen
* code kloppen
* doodkloppen
* doorkloppen
* gelijkkloppen
* gladkloppen
* inkloppen
* kleinkloppen
* kloppen als een bus
* leegkloppen
* loskloppen
* nakloppen
* neerkloppen
* omhoogkloppen
* omkloppen
* omlaagkloppen
* omverkloppen
* onderkloppen
* opeenkloppen
* openkloppen
* opkloppen
* platkloppen
* rechtkloppen
* rondkloppen
* samenkloppen
* stukkloppen
* tegenkloppen
* terugkloppen
* toekloppen
* uitkloppen
* vastkloppen
* wegkloppen

##### Descendants

* Berbice Creole Dutch: klup
* Negerhollands: klop
* Petjo: kloppen
* → Caribbean Javanese: klop
* → Indonesian: klop
* → Sranan Tongo: kropu, klop
** → Caribbean Javanese: klop, ngeklop

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

kloppen
* plural of klop

## German
### Etymology

Central and Low German form of klopfen (“to knock”).
Cognate with Dutch kloppen. The verb was adopted into standard German, in its rougher sense, via the modern vernaculars. An older standard word is the derivative Klöppel (“clapper”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɔpən/, [ˈklɔpən], [ˈklɔpm̩]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: klop‧pen

### Verb

kloppen (weak, third-person singular present kloppt, past tense kloppte, past participle gekloppt, auxiliary haben)
* (informal, reflexive) to fight, to engage in a fistfight
    Synonym: prügeln
    Ich habe mich oft mit meinem Bruder gekloppt.I often engaged in fights with my brother.
* (informal, transitive or intransitive) to thump, to hit hard [with accusative ‘something, e.g. a nail’ and in (+ accusative) ‘into something’; or with auf (+ accusative) ‘on something’]
    Synonyms: hauen, schlagen
    Klopp da mal ordentlich drauf, vielleicht geht’s dann auf.Give it a good thump, maybe it’ll open then.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* Kloppe
* Klöppel
* rumkloppen, herumkloppen
* verkloppen
* Klopperei

### Further reading

* “kloppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “kloppen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “kloppen” in Duden online
* “kloppen” in OpenThesaurus.de