Klaps

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East Central German

Noun

Klaps

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) light slap
  2. (Erzgebirgisch, colloquial, derogatory) craziness
    Synonyms: Hui, Husch
    Hastn Klaps?
    Are you crazy?

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 73:

German

Etymology

Originally onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaps/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aps

Noun

Klaps m (strong, genitive Klapses, plural Klapse)

  1. (colloquial) light slap
  2. (slang, derogatory) slight craziness; screw loose
    einen Klaps haben ― to have a screw loose

Declension

Declension of Klaps
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Klaps die Klapse
genitive eines des Klapses der Klapse
dative einem dem Klaps, Klapse1 den Klapsen
accusative einen den Klaps die Klapse

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Klaps” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Klaps” in Duden online
  • “Klaps” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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