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German
Etymology
Klaps + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: klap‧sen
Verb
klapsen (weak, third-person singular present klapst, past tense klapste, past participle geklapst, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to slap (to smack (lightly))
- (intransitive) to make a slapping noise
1856, Jeremias Gotthelf, Gesammelte Schriften: Uli, der Knecht, volume 2, Springer, →OCLC, page 59:Als man es draußen so klapsen und klepfen hörte, nahm es die drinnen immer mehr wunder, wie es draußen ginge; sie stürzten hinaus und begaben sich auch in den großen, immer blutiger werdenden Knäuel, auf den mild lächelnd die heitern Sterne schienen, aber nicht hell genug leichteten, daß der Freund vor Freundes Schlag sich wehren, der Feind den Feind erkennen konnte.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
klapsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
klapsen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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