Klinge
German, noun
Klinge is spelled K-L-I-N-G-E (6 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klinge is a German feminine noun meaning “blade (of a weapon or tool)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, klinge is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “flacher, geschärfter Teil diverser Werkzeuge (zum Beispiel Beil, Sichel, Sense) und Waffen (Messer, Dolch…”.
What does Klinge mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblade (of a weapon or tool)
- 2
femininea bladed weapon, sword, saber, etc.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 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. flacher, geschärfter Teil diverser Werkzeuge (zum Beispiel Beil, Sichel, Sense) und Waffen (Messer, Dolch, Axt), welcher die Schneide enthält 2. Waffe, welche einen länglichen, flachen, geschärften Part besitzt
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 Klinge
- Klingen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Klinge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klinge in German?
Klinge appears 6.0 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).