Klecks
German, noun/klɛks/
Klecks is spelled K-L-E-C-K-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klecks is a German masculine noun meaning “blot, stain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Menge einer pastösen oder dickflüssigen Substanz”.
What does Klecks mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblot, stain
- 2
masculineblob, dab
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine Menge einer pastösen oder dickflüssigen Substanz 2. Fleck durch eine pastöse oder flüssige Substanz
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 Klecks
- Kleckses genitive
- Kleckse plural
- Klecksen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klecks?
- /klɛks/
- [klɛks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Klecks
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klecks in German?
Klecks appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).