klipspringer
/ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/noun
klipspringer is a noun meaning “A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-L-I-P-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-R, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of klipspringer is klipspringers.
What does klipspringer mean?
noun
- 1
A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce klipspringer?
- UK /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋə/
- US /ˈklɪpˌsprɪŋər/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-klipspringer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of klipspringer
- klipspringers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is klipspringer?
Klipspringer appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Klipspringer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Oreotragus oreotragus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | oréotrague, sassa |
| German | Klippspringer |
| Portuguese | cabrito-das-pedras, conca |
| Spanish | saltarrocas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does klipspringer come from?
Borrowed from Afrikaans klipspringer, from Dutch klipspringer, both literally meaning "rock-jumper".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).