bekloppt

Past participle of the rarer verb bekloppen (“to hit on", "to percuss”), thus “insane as if beaten in the head”. Related to kloppen (“to hit”), the Central and German Low German form of klopfen (“to knock”).

• IPA^(key): /bəˈklɔpt/

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bekloppt (strong nominative masculine singular bekloppter, comparative bekloppter, superlative am beklopptesten)

1. (informal) nutty, nuts, crazy
   • 2023 May 23, Jannik Grimmbacher, quoting Olaf Scholz, “Scholz kritisiert Letzte Generation: Klimakanzler am Kipppunkt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:

     Der Kanzler findet die Aktionen der Letzten Generation „völlig bekloppt“. Die antwortet in klassischer Klimaaktivistinnenmanier: How dare you?

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