klok
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔk/
Audio (file)
Dutch
Alternative forms
- klokke (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔk/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: klok
- Rhymes: -ɔk
Etymology 1
From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. In Early Modern Dutch, too, klokke still referred primarily to a bell, which is the word's original meaning and from which sense the word klokkentoren (“bell tower”) for example derives; the sense clock is a relatively recent development.
Noun
klok f (plural klokken, diminutive klokje n)
- clock
- (Netherlands, informal) watch, wristwatch
- Synonym: horloge
- bell
- protective cloche
- (often diminutive) something bell-shaped, as some flowers
Derived terms
- avondklok
- grote klok
- het klokje rond
- kerkklok
- klokhuis
- klokje
- klokke
- klokkenspel
- klokkentoren
- klokslag
- klokwerk
- koekoeksklok
- noodklok
- paasklok
- prikklok
- slingerklok
- torenklok
- zoals het klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens
Descendants
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Jersey Dutch: klök
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.
Descendants
- → Middle High German: kluoc
- → Old Norse: klókr
- Danish: klog
- Faroese: klókur
- Icelandic: klókur
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Old Swedish: kloker
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- "klōk" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse klókr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Adjective
klok (neuter singular klokt, definite singular and plural kloke, comparative klokere, indefinite superlative klokest, definite superlative klokeste)
Derived terms
References
- “klok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse klókr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Adjective
klok (neuter klokt, definite singular and plural kloke, comparative klokare, indefinite superlative klokast, definite superlative klokaste)
Derived terms
- etterpåklok
- kloking
References
- “klok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kloker, from Old Norse klókr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Saxon *klōk, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
klok (comparative klokare, superlative klokast)
- wise, intelligent
- ett klokt beslut
- a wise decision
Declension
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See also
References
- klok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- klok in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tok Pisin
Volapük
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | kloks |
| genitive | kloka | klokas |
| dative | kloke | klokes |
| accusative | kloki | klokis |
| vocative 1 | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | o kloks! |
| predicative 2 | kloku | klokus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only