Klingelstreich
German, noun[ˈklɪŋl̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç]
Klingelstreich is spelled K-L-I-N-G-E-L-S-T-R-E-I-C-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klingelstreich is a German masculine noun meaning “ding-dong ditch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kinderstreich, bei dem man an einer Haustür klingelt und dann wegrennt beziehungsweise sich versteckt, um die…”.
What does Klingelstreich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineding-dong ditch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kinderstreich, bei dem man an einer Haustür klingelt und dann wegrennt beziehungsweise sich versteckt, um die Reaktion der hereingelegten Person zu beobachten
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 Klingelstreich
- Klingelstreiches genitive
- Klingelstreichs genitive
- Klingelstreiche plural
- Klingelstreichen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klingelstreich?
- [ˈklɪŋl̩ˌʃtʁaɪ̯ç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Klingelstreich in German?
Klingelstreich appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).