kaputtlachen
German, verb[kaˈpʊtˌlaxn̩]
kaputtlachen is spelled K-A-P-U-T-T-L-A-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaputtlachen is a German verb meaning “to crack up, to laugh one's head off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ganz heftig (und anhaltend) lachen”.
What does kaputtlachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto crack up, to laugh one's head off
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ganz heftig (und anhaltend) lachen
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 kaputtlachen
- lacht kaputt present singular third-person
- lachte kaputt past
- kaputtgelacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kaputtlachend participle present
- kaputtzulachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lache kaputt first-person indicative present
- lachen kaputt first-person indicative plural
- lachst kaputt indicative present second-person
- lachest kaputt second-person singular subjunctive
- lachet kaputt plural second-person subjunctive
- lachten kaputt first-person indicative plural
- lachtest kaputt indicative preterite second-person
- lachtet kaputt indicative plural preterite
- lach kaputt! imperative singular
- lache kaputt! imperative singular
- lacht kaputt! imperative plural
- sich kaputtlachen infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kaputtlachen?
- [kaˈpʊtˌlaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kaputtlachen in German?
kaputtlachen 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).