Klaps
See also: klaps
East Central German
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)
- (colloquial) light slap [since the 18th c.]
- (slang, derogatory) slight craziness; screw loose [since the 19th c.]
- einen Klaps haben ― to have a screw loose
Declension
Derived terms
- Klapse
- Klapsmühle
- Klapskiste
- Klapsmann
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