Klaps
German, noun
Klaps is spelled K-L-A-P-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klaps is a German masculine noun meaning “light slap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, klaps is a different word: “singular imperative of klapsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “leichter Schlag mit einem flachen Objekt (auch der Handfläche)”.
What does Klaps mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinelight slap
- 2
derogatorymasculineslangslight craziness; screw loose
einen Klaps haben
verb
- 1
singular imperative of klapsen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leichter Schlag mit einem flachen Objekt (auch der Handfläche) 2. leichtes Verrücktsein
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 Klaps
- Klapses genitive
- Klapse plural
- Klapsen dative definite plural
- Kläpschen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Klaps
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klaps in German?
Klaps appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).