Klabautermann
German, noun/klaˈbaʊ̯tɐˌman/
Klabautermann is spelled K-L-A-B-A-U-T-E-R-M-A-N-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klabautermann is a German masculine noun meaning “Klabautermann (a two-faced goblin believed to be both helpful and inauspicious to a ship's crew)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach mündlicher Überlieferung ein guter Schiffsgeist, der sein Schiff bis zum Untergang nicht verlässt”.
What does Klabautermann mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineKlabautermann (a two-faced goblin believed to be both helpful and inauspicious to a ship's crew)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nach mündlicher Überlieferung ein guter Schiffsgeist, der sein Schiff bis zum Untergang nicht verlässt
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 Klabautermann
- Klabautermannes genitive
- Klabautermanns genitive
- Klabautermänner plural
- Klabautermännchen diminutive neuter
- Klabautermanne dative singular
- Klabautermännern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klabautermann?
- /klaˈbaʊ̯tɐˌman/
- [klaˈbaʊ̯tɐˌman]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Klabautermann in German?
Klabautermann appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).