klappen
Dutch (Brabantic)
verb
Definitions
- to clap (make sound or music with the hands)
- to applaud (clap hands in order to praise)
- to smack, strike rather hard and/or loud
- to crack with a loud sound, like a whip
- to burst
- to fold, to hinge
- to wag one's lips, talk, converse
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch clappen inherited from Old Dutch *klappon inherited from Proto-Germanic *klappōną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klappōną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterclap English
- beclap English
- clap English
- clap skate English
- clapalong English
- clapbread English
- clapcake English
- clapometer English
- clapper English
- clappest English
- clappeth English
- clapping English
- clappy English
- clapstick English
- gainclap English
- handclap English
- thunderclap English
- umbeclap English
- unclap English
- Klapperrose German
- Klapprad German
- Klappspaten German
- Klappstuhl German
- aufklappen German
- klappbar German
- klappen German
- umklappen German
- verklappen German
- zuklappen German
- achter Dutch, Flemish
- achterklap Dutch, Flemish
- bastaardklaproos Dutch, Flemish
- in Dutch, Flemish
- inklappen Dutch, Flemish
- klapper Dutch, Flemish
- klapperdief Dutch, Flemish
- klappernoot Dutch, Flemish
- klappertaart Dutch, Flemish
- klaproos Dutch, Flemish
- klapsigaar Dutch, Flemish
- klapspaan Dutch, Flemish
- klapstoel Dutch, Flemish
- klapstuk Dutch, Flemish
- klapvee Dutch, Flemish
- klapwieken Dutch, Flemish
- roos Dutch, Flemish
- sigaar Dutch, Flemish
- spaan Dutch, Flemish
- stoel Dutch, Flemish
- stuk Dutch, Flemish
- uit Dutch, Flemish
- uitklappen Dutch, Flemish
- vee Dutch, Flemish
- verklappen Dutch, Flemish
- wieken Dutch, Flemish
- *klappōjaną Proto-Germanic
- *klappōną Proto-Germanic
- clæppan Old English
- clappen Middle English
- klappa Old Norse
- chapar Galician
- klapertar Indonesian
- clappen Middle Dutch
- cliaper Norman
- *klappon Old Dutch
- klappen Middle Low German