Satzklammer
German, noun/ˈzat͡sˌklamɐ/
Satzklammer is spelled S-A-T-Z-K-L-A-M-M-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written German, the 543,077th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Satzklammer is a German feminine noun meaning “brace construction, verbal bracket (typically between a finite and non-finite verb, or parts of a separable verb)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Satzklammer wird im Aussagesatz durch die Teile eines komplexen Prädikats gebildet; im Nebensatz durch…”.
What does Satzklammer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrace construction, verbal bracket (typically between a finite and non-finite verb, or parts of a separable verb)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Satzklammer wird im Aussagesatz durch die Teile eines komplexen Prädikats gebildet; im Nebensatz durch die Einleitewörter (Relativpronomen, Subjunktionen, …) und das finite Verb
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 Satzklammer
- Satzklammern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Satzklammer?
- /ˈzat͡sˌklamɐ/
- [ˈzat͡sˌklamɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Satzklammer in German?
Satzklammer appears about once in every 76 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).