kloppen

Meaning

1. (Germany, informal, reflexive, weak) to fight, to engage in a fistfight
2. (Germany, informal, intransitive, transitive, weak) to thump, to hit hard

Synonyms

prügeln

schlagen

hauen

boxen

📦

dreschen

verdreschen

verhauen

verkloppen

Schlägerei liefern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɔpən/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: kloppen

In summary

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”).