klapper

See also: Klapper

English

Etymology

Possibly from Malay kelapa (coconut) or Afrikaans klapper (rattle).

Noun

klapper (plural klappers)

  1. The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)
    • 1939, Eugène Marais, My Friends the Baboons (translated):
      Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard.

Danish

Verb

klapper

  1. present of klappe

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑ.pər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: klap‧per
  • Rhymes: -ɑpər

Etymology 1

From klappen (“to clap; to talk; to shut with a clap”) +‎ -er.

Noun

klapper m (plural klappers, diminutive klappertje n)

  1. clapper (one who claps/applauds)
  2. ring binder
    Synonym: ringband
  3. (archaic) gossip, chatterbox
    Synonyms: klepper, roddelaar
  4. Something that has a big impact or is successful; a big hit.
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: klapchi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Indonesian kelapa.

Noun

klapper m (plural klappers, diminutive klappertje n)

  1. (Netherlands) coconut
    Synonyms: klappernoot, kokosnoot
Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

klapper

  1. inflection of klappern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

klapper

  1. present of klappe

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from klappra (“to clatter”).

Noun

klapper n

  1. clatter (repeated, short, sharp, non-reverbant sounds)
    klappret från hästarnas hovar mot asfalten
    the clatter of the horses' hooves against the asphalt

Declension

Declension of klapper 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative klapper klappret — —
Genitive klappers klapprets — —

Noun

klapper c

  1. rounded, often roughly fist-sized stones (formed by the action of water at a (sometimes former, due to post-glacial land uplift) beach)
    Synonym: klappersten

Declension

Declension of klapper 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative klapper klappern — —
Genitive klappers klapperns — —

Derived terms

See also

References

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