kloppen

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) to beat, hit
2. (intransitive) to knock
3. (intransitive) to defeat
4. (intransitive) to pulsate, like a heart
5. (intransitive) to be correct, to be true
6. (intransitive) to fit, work out, like a calculation; to make sense, to be true
7. (intransitive) to lead the devoutly professed, unmarried but non-congregational life of a Catholic klop
8. (Suriname,intransitive,transitive,vulgar) to jerk off, to masturbate

Noun

plural of klop

Hyphenated as

klop‧pen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɔ.pə(n)/

Etymology

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