Kladderadatsch
German, noun/kladəʁaˈdat͡ʃ/
Kladderadatsch is spelled K-L-A-D-D-E-R-A-D-A-T-S-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kladderadatsch is a German masculine noun meaning “chaos; junk, stuff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grobes, heilloses Durcheinander”.
What does Kladderadatsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinechaos; junk, stuff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grobes, heilloses Durcheinander 2. Titel einer satirischen Zeitschrift (1848–1944)
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 Kladderadatsch
- Kladderadatschs genitive
- Kladderadatsches genitive
- Kladderadatsche plural uncommon
- Kladderadatschen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kladderadatsch?
- /kladəʁaˈdat͡ʃ/
- [kladəʁaˈdat͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kladderadatsch in German?
Kladderadatsch appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).