klapper

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noun

The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)

OriginGerman Klapper ← Middle High German klapper ← Middle Low German klapperen →
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Meanings

klapper1

nounklapper (plural klappers)

plural klappers

  1. The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa)

    Wild peaches, sour klappers (unknown in the south) medlers, moepels, and various other kinds of fruit made our wilderness a veritable orchard.

    1939, Eugène Marais, My Friends the Baboons (translated)

Klapper2

proper nounKlapper (plural Klappers)

plural Klappers

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
natal orange

Origin

klapper · noun

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

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Klapper · proper noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*klappaz
  2. Proto-Germanic*klappōną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*klappōn
  4. Old Saxon*klappōn
  5. Middle Low Germanklappen
  6. Germanklappen
  7. Middle Low Germanklappen
  8. Middle Low Germanklapperen
  9. Middle High Germanklapper
  10. GermanKlapper
  11. EnglishKlapper

Borrowed from German Klapper. Compare Klopfer.

More words from German

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kappler
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APA

klapper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klapper

MLA

“klapper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klapper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “klapper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/klapper.

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