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knüppeln

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German

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Etymology

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Knüppel (truncheon, beating stick) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /knʏp(ə)ln/
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Verb

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knüppeln (weak, third-person singular present knüppelt, past tense knüppelte, past participle geknüppelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to bludgeon, to thrash, to hit with a stick
  2. (metal music) describes that a song is defined by a noticeably loud drum beat in a simple and steady uptempo rhythm
    Das Lied knüppelt.
    That song is thrashing.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • knüppeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • knüppeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon