die Klappe halten
[diː ˈklapə ˈhaltn̩]
The verdict
“die Klappe halten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - still sein, nichts sagen, nicht weiter sprechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-die-klappe-halten · die Klappe halten · German
die Klappe halten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | die Klappe halten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [diː ˈklapə ˈhaltn̩] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „die Klappe halten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
die Klappe halten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [diː ˈklapə ˈhaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "still sein, nichts sagen, nicht weiter sprechen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for die Klappe halten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is die Klappe halten, spelled D-I-E- -K-L-A-P-P-E- -H-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1still sein, nichts sagen, nicht weiter sprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how die Klappe halten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Halt endlich die Klappe!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.