Klang
German, noun
Klang is spelled K-L-A-N-G (5 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klang is a German masculine noun meaning “sound, tone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, klang is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of klingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Art, wie etwas klingt”.
What does Klang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesound, tone
- 2
masculinetune, melody
- 3
masculinereputation
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of klingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Art, wie etwas klingt 2. Ton oder Geräusch, als musikalisch empfunden 3. mehrere gleichzeitig erklingende, sich überlagernde Töne 4. Berühmtheit, Beliebtheit oder Verhasstheit
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 Klang
- Klanges genitive
- Klangs genitive
- Klänge plural
- Klange dative singular
- Klängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Klang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klang in German?
Klang appears 21 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).