Schulterklopfen
German, noun/ˈʃʊltɐˌklɔpfən/
Schulterklopfen is spelled S-C-H-U-L-T-E-R-K-L-O-P-F-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schulterklopfen is a German neuter noun meaning “pat on the back” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schulterklopfen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpat on the back
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Schulterklopfen
- Schulterklopfens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schulterklopfen?
- /ˈʃʊltɐˌklɔpfən/
- [-ˌklɔpfn̩]
- [-ˌklɔpɸn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schulterklopfen in German?
Schulterklopfen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).