Klappe

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German[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the verb klappen (“to flap, flip, fold”) and from Middle Low German klappe, kleppe and with influence of French clapet in technical meanings near “valve”.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈklapə/
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  • Rhymes: -apə

Noun[edit]

Klappe f (genitive Klappe, plural Klappen)

  1. flap, every technical or natural implement that is bound in front of something or a body part of someone or a beast to obstruct leakage or immissions in either direction and is removed under preintended conditions.
    1. ellipsis of Schiffsklappe.
    2. any technical piece of equipment bound in front of a beast to obstruct its movement or vision, as a muzzle or twitch or barnacle (tendentially a muzzle, while a twitch preferredly bears the form Kluppe or Knuppe)
      Synonym: Bremse
  2. (derogatory) gob, mouth
    Synonyms: Mundwerk, Schnauze, Futterluke
    Halte die Klappe! ― Shut your gob!/Shut up!
  3. (gay slang) cottage, tea room (public toilet or similar place used by men seeking sex with other men, for cottaging)
  4. (obsolete) whip, scourge
    1. ellipsis of Fliegenklappe (“fly swatter”).
      • 1785, Karl Philipp Moritz, Anton Reiser, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, published 1979, pages 28–29:
        Wenn er Fliegen mit der Klappe totschlug, so tat er dieses mit einer Art von Feierlichkeit, indem er einer jeden mit einem Stücke Messing, das er in der Hand hatte, vorher die Totenglocke läutete.
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  5. (obsolete) buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata); also Ziegenklappe and both as a plurale tantum
    Synonyms: Zottenblume, Kleeblätterige Zottenblume, Dreiblätterige Zottenblume, Zotenblume, Kleeblätterige Zotenblume, Dreiblätterige Zotenblume, Fieberklee, Bitterklee, Biberklee, Bockbohne, Magenklee, Lungenklee, Scharbocksklee, Wasserklee, Sumpfklee, Hasenohr, Wiesenmangold, Dreikohl, Wasserdreiblatt, Kreuzwurz
  6. (Austria, telecommunications, dated) extension (a numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network)
    Synonyms: Durchwahl, Nebenstelle

Declension[edit]

Declension of Klappe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Klappe die Klappen
genitive einer der Klappe der Klappen
dative einer der Klappe den Klappen
accusative eine die Klappe die Klappen

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Turkish: klapa

Further reading[edit]

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