klapprig
German, adjective/ˈklapʁɪç/
klapprig is spelled K-L-A-P-P-R-I-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klapprig is a German adjective meaning “rattly, ramshackle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alt, altersschwach, abgenutzt, bald kaputt”.
What does klapprig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rattly, ramshackle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. alt, altersschwach, abgenutzt, bald kaputt 2. den Zusammenhalt verlierend, angeknackst, mit schlechter Passung, mit mangelhaftem Sitz 3. alt, altersschwach, gebrechlich 4. sehr mager, ausgezehrt, knochig
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 klapprig
- klappriger masculine nominative singular
- am klapprigsten superlative
- klapprige feminine nominative singular
- klappriges neuter nominative singular
- klapprigen genitive masculine singular
- klapprigem dative masculine singular
- der klapprige definite includes-article masculine
- die klapprige definite feminine includes-article
- das klapprige definite includes-article neuter
- die klapprigen definite includes-article nominative
- des klapprigen definite genitive includes-article
- der klapprigen definite feminine genitive
- dem klapprigen dative definite includes-article
- klapperig alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce klapprig?
- /ˈklapʁɪç/
- /ˈklapʁɪk/
- [ˈklapʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to klapprig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klapprig in German?
klapprig appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).