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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Leemkladde in 1692. Derived from dialectal kladde (“lump of dirty mud, manure”). Compare Klaterbuurt, Klatering, Kletterbuurt, Kleuter and Klundert.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɑ.də/
- Hyphenation: Klad‧de
- Rhymes: -ɑdə
Proper noun
Kladde n
- A hamlet in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German
Etymology
Borrowed from German Low German Kladde (“spot, stain”), derived from Middle Low German kladderen (“to soil”). Compare Dutch klad. The standard German sense is probably shortened from a compound, such as attested kladdebuch, that is "book for careless notes".
Pronunciation
Noun
Kladde f (genitive Kladde, plural Kladden)
- notebook, writing pad
- Synonyms: Notizbuch, Notizheft, Heft
1984, Jörg Fauser, chapter 3, in Rohstoff, Berlin: Alexander Verlag, →ISBN, page 18:Jetzt würde sich zeigen, ob ich weitergekommen war in all den kalten Nächten mit den flackernden Kerzen, der schnurrenden Katze, dem Sprit auf dem Boden und den Rapidographen, die Kladde um Kladde füllten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (military) notebook used as a register during collective target practices (of ammunition spent as well as participants’ results)
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