Lappen
German, noun/ˈlapən/
Lappen is spelled L-A-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lappen is a German masculine noun meaning “cloth, rag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of Lappe. The German Wiktionary defines it as “relativ kleines Stück aus Leder oder Stoff”.
What does Lappen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecloth, rag
- 2
masculinelobe
- 3
colloquialmasculinedriving licence
- 4
masculineloser; idiot
noun
- 1
plural of Lappe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relativ kleines Stück aus Leder oder Stoff 2. Führerschein 3. Geldschein 4. Teil eines Organs, zum Beispiel der Haut
verb: 1. eine Oberfläche glätten; die Bearbeitungsmethode des Läppens durchführen
verb: 1. schlürfend lecken
verb: 1. schlaff herabhängen 2. mit Teilchen (Lappen) versehen (um etwas zu reparieren)
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 Lappen
- Lappens genitive
- Läppchen diminutive neuter
- Läpplein diminutive neuter
- läppe present
- läppst present
- läppt present
- läppte past
- läpp! imperative singular
- läppe! imperative singular
- läppt! imperative plural
- geläppt participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- geläppt haben active infinitive perfect
- geläppt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geläppt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- geläppt sein statal-passive infinitive present
- geläppt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu läppen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lappen?
- /ˈlapən/
- standard [ˈläpən]
- standard [ˈläpm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lappen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lappen in German?
Lappen appears 6.6 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).