geklappt

Geklappt is the past participle of the German verb klappen. It is used in two main senses. In its most common sense, it expresses that something has worked or that a plan has succeeded. With the auxiliary haben, you say Es hat geklappt meaning “that worked” or “it turned out well.” In everyday speech, Es klappt also means “it’s working” or “things are going smoothly.” The phrase klappen wie am Schnürchen or Alles klappt gut are common idioms to describe smooth success.

A second sense concerns physical action: to fold or snap shut. For this meaning, the prefixed verb zuklappen is used; its past participle is zugeklappt. Example: Der Deckel ist zugeklappt. In present tense, you would say Der Deckel klappt zu.

Geklapped can also describe actions where wings or similar parts flap, as in Die Flügel klappen; in the perfect tense this can be Die Flügel haben geklappt, depending on context.

Grammatical notes: geklappt is the standard past participle used with haben to form perfect tenses of klappen. The word is common in neutral, everyday German and appears across formal and informal registers. It is often encountered in news, instructions, and colloquial speech, reflecting both the sense of functioning and the physical act of folding or closing when combined with prefixes like zu-.

See also: klappen (the verb’s basic senses), zugklappen/zugeklappt (the prefixed form for folding shut).