Klappspaten
German, noun/ˈklapˌʃpaːtn̩/
Klappspaten is spelled K-L-A-P-P-S-P-A-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klappspaten is a German masculine noun meaning “collapsible entrenching tool (short shovel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Handspaten, dessen Spatenblatt umgeklappt werden kann, um so die Länge zu verkürzen”.
What does Klappspaten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecollapsible entrenching tool (short shovel)
Near-synonym: Feldspaten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Handspaten, dessen Spatenblatt umgeklappt werden kann, um so die Länge zu verkürzen 2. äußerst dumme Person
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 Klappspaten
- Klappspatens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klappspaten?
- /ˈklapˌʃpaːtn̩/
- [ˈklapˌʃpaːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Klappspaten in German?
Klappspaten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).