Noun
die Klappe
Pronunciation: /ˈklapə/
gob, mouth
C1
rank #4,235
plural Klappen
Meanings
Noun
- gob, mouth
- flap, hatch, lid
- 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...
Example sentence
Ich hätte wohl besser die Klappe gehalten, was?
I should've kept my mouth shut, right?
Word forms
singular
die Klappe
plural
die Klappen
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Klappe
Accusativedie Klappe
Dativeder Klappe
Genitiveder Klappe
Plural
Nominativedie Klappen
Accusativedie Klappen
Dativeden Klappen
Genitiveder Klappen
Usage
- die Klappe halten — A rude or very informal way to say keep one's mouth shut.
- Klappe / Mund — In this sense, Mund is the neutral word; Klappe is coarse.
Er hielt lieber die Klappe, bevor der Streit größer wurde.
He preferred to keep his mouth shut before the argument got worse.