Meanings
- A water sprite (or nix) who assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic Sea in their duties.
Origin
- GermanKlabautermann
- GermanKlabautermann
- EnglishKlabautermann
Borrowed from German Klabautermann.
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Finnish klabautermann
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German Klabautermann
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Norwegian Bokmål klabautermann
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Klabautermann. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Klabautermann
“Klabautermann.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Klabautermann. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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