Klammer
German, noun
Klammer is spelled K-L-A-M-M-E-R (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klammer is a German feminine noun meaning “clamp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, klammer is a different word: “comparative degree of klamm”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Gerät aus Metall, Holz oder Kunststoff zum vorübergehenden Zusammenhalten oder Befestigen von…”.
What does Klammer mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclamp
- 2
femininebracket, parenthesis, {}, [], () and the like characters
- 3
femininebraces
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of klamm
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Gerät aus Metall, Holz oder Kunststoff zum vorübergehenden Zusammenhalten oder Befestigen von Gegenständen 2. paarweise verwendete runde, eckige oder geschweifte Schriftzeichen zur Zusammenfassung von Berechnungselementen 3. U-förmiger Metalldraht zum Verschließen von Wundrändern 4. Vorrichtung zur kieferorthopädischen Korrektur von Zähnen
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 Klammer
- Klammern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Klammer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klammer in German?
Klammer appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).