klappern
Translation
to rattle, to clatter, to chatter (teeth)
Examples
Die Fensterläden klappern im Wind.
The shutters are rattling in the wind.
Seine Zähne klapperten vor Kälte.
His teeth were chattering from the cold.
Der Storch klappert mit dem Schnabel.
The stork is clattering its beak.
Grammar Patterns
klappern (intransitive) to rattle Die Fensterläden klappern.
mit+3 klappern to rattle (sth.) Sie klapperte mit dem Schlüsselbund (She rattled the bunch of keys).
Similar Words
Synonyms: rasseln, scheppern
Etymology
An onomatopoeic word imitating the sound of hard objects striking each other.
Memory Tips
The word sounds like what it describes. Think of a 'clapper' in a bell making a rattling sound.