Klammeraffe
German, noun/ˈkla.mɐ.ˌʔa.fə/
Klammeraffe is spelled K-L-A-M-M-E-R-A-F-F-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klammeraffe is a German masculine noun meaning “spider monkey (Ateles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “südamerikanischer Affe mit Klammerschwanz der Gattung Ateles”.
What does Klammeraffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespider monkey (Ateles)
- 2
masculinestapler (device which binds together sheets of paper)
- 3
colloquialdatedmasculineat sign (@)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. südamerikanischer Affe mit Klammerschwanz der Gattung Ateles 2. Heftgerät, Tacker zum Zusammenheften von losen Papierblättern mit Klammern 3. für das At-Symbol @ 4. Person, die sich an jemandem oder etwas festhält
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 Klammeraffe
- Klammeraffen genitive
- Klammeräffchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klammeraffe?
- /ˈkla.mɐ.ˌʔa.fə/
- [ˈklamɐʔafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Klammeraffe in German?
Klammeraffe appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).