Knacklaut
German, noun/ˈknakˌlaʊ̯t/
Knacklaut is spelled K-N-A-C-K-L-A-U-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written German, the 602,508th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knacklaut is a German masculine noun meaning “glottal stop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurzer, knackender Ton”.
What does Knacklaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglottal stop
- 2
masculinea glottal stop found in null onsets (vowel-initial stems) in German and other languages
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurzer, knackender Ton 2. glottaler Verschlusslaut, der beispielsweise im Deutschen von vielen Sprechern einer mit einem Vokal beginnenden Silbe vorangestellt wird
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 Knacklaut
- Knacklauts genitive
- Knacklautes genitive
- Knacklaute plural
- Knacklauten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knacklaut?
- /ˈknakˌlaʊ̯t/
- [ˈknakˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Knacklaut in German?
Knacklaut appears about once in every 91 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).