Klipper
[ˈklɪpɐ]
The verdict
“Klipper” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frühere Bezeichnung für ein schnelles Segelschiff
Corpus desk
Index DE-klipper · Klipper · German
Klipper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Klipper |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈklɪpɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Klipper“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Klipper is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈklɪpɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Klipper has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Klipper, spelled K-L-I-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1frühere Bezeichnung für ein schnelles Segelschiff
- 2veraltend: großes Flugzeug
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Klipper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Denn damals, zur großen Zeit der schnellen Klipper, heuerten zwar viele angebliche Seeleute in den Häfen der US-Ostküste bereitwillig für eine Passage nach Kalifornien an, verschwanden dort aber auf Nimmerwiedersehen zu den Goldfeldern, so daß die Kapitäne große Schwierigkeiten hatten, Männer für die Rückreise zur Ostküste zu finden .“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.