Claque
German, noun/klak/
Claque is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claque is a German feminine noun meaning “claque (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gruppe von bezahlten Applaudierern (Claqueuren), zum Beispiel bei einer Theateraufführung oder dem…”.
What does Claque mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclaque (people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Gruppe von bezahlten Applaudierern (Claqueuren), zum Beispiel bei einer Theateraufführung oder dem Auftritt eines Politikers
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 Claque
- Claquen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Claque?
- /klak/
- [klak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Claque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Claque in German?
Claque appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).