die Klappe
/ˈklapə/
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.; any technical piece of equipment bound in front of a beast to obstruct its movement or vision, as a muzzle or twitch or barnacle
- genitive
- der Klappe
- plural
- die Klappen
Meanings
- 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.; 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
Soll ich die Klappe halten?
Am I supposed to stay quiet?
Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich werde meine Klappe halten.
I'll keep my mouth shut.
Tatoeba · Vortarulo · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
gob, mouthrare
- 3
cottage, tea room — public toilet or similar place used by men seeking sex with other men, for cottagingrare
- 4
whip, scourgerare
- 5
buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata); also Ziegenklappe and both as a plurale tantumrare
- 6
extension — a numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication networkrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieKlappe | dieKlappen |
| accusative | dieKlappe | dieKlappen |
| dative | derKlappe | denKlappen |
| genitive | derKlappe | derKlappen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.