Klaps

See also: klaps


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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aps

Noun

Klaps m (strong, genitive Klapses, plural Klapse)

  1. (colloquial) light slap [since the 18th c.]
  2. (slang, derogatory) slight craziness; screw loose [since the 19th c.]
    einen Klaps habento have a screw loose

Declension

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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