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Klaue

German, noun

Klaue is spelled K-L-A-U-E (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klaue is a German feminine noun meaning “claw, talon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, klaue is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hornteil des Tierfußes, besonders Huf von Wiederkäuern, Kralle von Raubvögeln”.

What does Klaue mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineclaw, talon

  2. 2

    femininecloven hoof

  3. 3

    femininecontrol

    den Klauen des Todes entweichen

  4. 4

    derogatoryfeminineslanghand

    Nimm deine schmutzigen Klauen weg!

  5. 5

    derogatoryfeminineslangchicken scratch (poor handwriting)

  6. 6

    femininetriangular recess at the junction of two beams

  7. 7

    femininea projection on a machine part which, when engaged or engaged in a correspondingly shaped recess in another machine part, makes a detachable connection with the latter

noun

  1. 1

    femininestealing

    auf Klaue gehen

verb

as klaue
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    first/third-person singular subjunctive I

  3. 3

    singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hornteil des Tierfußes, besonders Huf von Wiederkäuern, Kralle von Raubvögeln 2. Hand 3. unleserliche, schlechte Handschrift 4. scheren-, zangenähnlicher Fuß-Fortsatz

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 Klaue

  • Klauen plural
  • Kläuchen diminutive neuter
  • Kläulein diminutive neuter

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Klaue

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Klaue in German?

Klaue appears 1.0 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).

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