Phrase guide

Königsberger Klopse

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An East Prussian dish of meatballs in a white sauce with capers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Königsberger Klopse (literally “Königsbergian meatballs”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُرَات لَحْمٍ كُونِيغْسْبَرْغ (kurāt laḥmin kūnīḡsbarḡ) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哥尼斯堡肉丸 (Gēnísībǎo ròuwán) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Finnish: lihapullat kermakastikkeessa — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • German: Königsberger Klopse — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • German: Soßklopse — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • German: Saure Klopse — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • German: Kapernklopse — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • German: Kochklopse — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Hungarian: königsbergi húsgombócok — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Korean: 쾨니히스베르거 클롭제 (koenihiseubereugeo keullopje) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Russian: кёнигсбергские кло́псы (kjónigsbergskije klópsy) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Russian: кёнигсбе́ргские кло́псы (kjonigsbérgskije klópsy) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Ukrainian: ке́ніґсберґскі кло́пси (kénigsbergski klópsy) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Ukrainian: кеніґсбе́рґскі кло́пси (kenigsbérgski klópsy) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Ukrainian: ке́ніґсберзькі кло́пси (kénigsberzʹki klópsy) — East Prussian dish of meatballs
  • Ukrainian: кеніґсбе́рзькі кло́пси (kenigsbérzʹki klópsy) — East Prussian dish of meatballs