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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Old High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *klott. Compare German Klotz.
Pronunciation
Noun
קלאָץ • (klots) m, plural קלעצער (kletser), diminutive קלעצל (kletsl) or קלעצעלע (kletsele)
- wooden beam
- Synonyms: באַלקן (balkn), בעליק (belik), בעלקע (belke), בערווענע (bervene), זאַמיט (zamit)
- log (of wood)
- Synonyms: שײַט (shayt), בערווענע (bervene), שאַקעלע (shakele)
- block (of wood)
- Synonym: קלעצל (kletsl)
- klutz (clumsy person), oaf, blockhead
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References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “קלאָץ”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press