Glocke

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German

Glocken

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German glocke, glogge, from Old High German klocca, from Late Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).

Cognate with Vilamovian głok.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔkə/
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  • Hyphenation: Glo‧cke; pre-1996: Glok‧ke

Noun

Glocke f (genitive Glocke, plural Glocken, diminutive Glöckchen n or Glöcklein n)

  1. bell (percussive instrument)

Declension

Declension of Glocke
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Glocke die Glocken
genitive einer der Glocke der Glocken
dative einer der Glocke den Glocken
accusative eine die Glocke die Glocken

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greater Polish: gloka
  • → Kashubian: gloka

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Glocke

  1. plural of Glock
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