clappen

From Old Dutch *klappon, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną.

clappen

1. to clap, to make a clapping sound
2. to knock
3. to chatter
4. to tell

• Dutch: klappen
• Limburgish: klappe

• “clappen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “clappen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• clappe, clap, cleppyn, clyppyn

From Old English clæppan, from Proto-Germanic *klappōną (with a change in verb class).

• IPA^(key): /ˈklapən/

clappen

1. To make a loud noise, especially by talking or striking.
2. To pound or slap; to make a beating or stroke.
3. To clap; to strike two things against each other.
4. To slam or strike; to make a forcible striking motion.
5. (rare) To make a specific utterance loudly.
6. (rare) To beat or throb; to inflate then deflate.

• clappe
• clappynge
• thonder clappe

• English: clap
• Scots: clap

• “clappen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-06.