Klammeraffe
[ˈklamɐʔafə]
The verdict
“Klammeraffe” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - südamerikanischer Affe mit Klammerschwanz der Gattung Ateles
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klammeraffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklamɐʔafə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Klammeraffe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Klammeraffe is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈklamɐʔafə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Klammeraffe, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Klammeraffe, spelled K-L-A-M-M-E-R-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1südamerikanischer Affe mit Klammerschwanz der Gattung Ateles
- 2Heftgerät, Tacker zum Zusammenheften von losen Papierblättern mit Klammern
- 3für das At-Symbol @
- 4Person, die sich an jemandem oder etwas festhält
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Klammeraffe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-L-A-M-M-E-R-A-F-F-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈklamɐʔafə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.