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kloppen.

to knock or beat audibly

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈklɔ.pə(n)/
  1. to knock or beat audibly

    intransitive
    Hij klopt op de deur.
  2. to defeat

    intransitive
    Hij is met 5-0 vernederend geklopt.
  3. to pulsate, like a heart

    intransitive
  4. to be correct, to be true

    intransitive
    Klopt het dat jij niet van pannenkoeken houdt?
  5. to fit, work out, like a calculation; to make sense, to be true

    intransitive
    Ik had Stephen gevraagd om een vertaling, maar ik weet niet of het echt klopt.
  6. to lead the devoutly professed, unmarried but non-congregational life of a Catholic klop

    intransitive
  7. to jerk off, to masturbate

    Suriname · intransitive · transitive · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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

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