klopte

Klopte is a Dutch word that serves as the simple past tense form of the verb kloppen, which means to knock or to beat. It is used for both literal knocking, as in knocking on a door, and for figurative senses, such as stating that a statement or conclusion was correct or true.

Morphology and examples: The infinitive is kloppen; the present tense is klopt; the past tense is klopte; the past participle is geklopt. Example uses include: Hij klopte op de deur. (He knocked on the door.) Dat klopte. (That turned out to be true / That was correct.)

Etymology and cognates: The Dutch verb kloppen is of Germanic origin and has cognates in related West Germanic languages, such as German klopfen. The form klopte reflects the typical Dutch past tense ending -te for the singular past.

Usage notes: Klopte appears predominantly in Dutch prose and speech as the simple past. In reference to a completed action, it is commonly followed by a time adverb or contextual cues. The related forms geklopt (past participle) and klachten-like constructions are used to form compound tenses, such as heeft geklopt (“has knocked” or “has beaten”) in combination with have/has.

See also: kloppen, geklopt, klop. These entries cover the base verb, its participle form, and related conjugations.