Clan
German, noun[klaːn]
Clan is spelled C-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clan is a German masculine noun meaning “clan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(schottischer/irischer) Stammes-/Volksverband”.
What does Clan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclan
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (schottischer/irischer) Stammes-/Volksverband 2. Anhängerschaft 3. Großfamilie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Clan
- Clans genitive
- Klan alternative
- Clane nominative plural
- Clanen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Clan?
- [klaːn]
- [klɛːn]
- [klɛn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Clan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Clan in German?
Clan appears 6.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).