geklopft

Geklopft is the past participle of the German verb klopfen. It denotes an action of knocking, tapping, or beating that has already occurred. Grammatically, geklopft is used with the auxiliary haben to form the perfect tense (ich habe geklopft) and can appear in passive constructions with werden (der Teig ist geklopft worden).

In everyday language geklopft most often refers to a knock on a surface, especially a door, as in “Es hat an der Tür geklopft.” In culinary contexts the term describes dough or other ingredients that have been beaten, patted, or worked to incorporate air or achieve a smoother texture, for example “den Teig geklopft, bis er luftig war.”

Etymology follows the productive ge- prefix that marks past participles in German, attached to klopfen, a basic verb whose exact historical origin is varied. The meaning of geklopft is context dependent: it can relate to sound, touch, or texture, and it forms part of expressions alongside related verbs such as klopfen and schlagen. The noun Herzklopfen is related conceptually, referring to a pounding heart rather than the action itself.

See also: klopfen; Herzklopfen; Teig schlagen.