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klepper

/klˈɛpɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
klep-per
IPA
/klˈɛpɚ/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

* As an East German (Silesian) surname, dialectal variant of Klöpfer, Klopfer (“doorknocker”). * Also as a German surname, from the verb klappern (“to chatter”). * As a rare German surname, from the noun Klepper (“nag, old horse”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קלעפּן (klepn, “to stick”), for which see kleben.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: קלעפּן

Inflected Forms

Kleppers (plural)

Rhymes With

pepper leper stepper tepper peper lepper knepper hepper lepre

Questions

How do you pronounce klepper?
The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɛpɚ/.
What does klepper mean?
A surname from German.
Where does klepper come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

How to pronounce klepper

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