Klunker

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklʊŋkɐ/
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Noun

Klunker m (strong, genitive Klunkers, plural Klunker)

  1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) rock, bling (large or ostensible piece of jewelry)
    • 2023 February 4, Caspar Shaller, “Neue Late-Night-Show „Reschke Fernsehen“: Bierernst zur Cocktail-Zeit”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Sie trägt richtige Klunker an den Ohren und hochhackige Leoparden-Pumps an den Füßen. Zum Outfit im Kleinstadtglamour spielt eine Band ab und an mittelfetzige Mucke. Das soll dann wohl Late-Night sein.
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Noun

Klunker f (genitive Klunker, plural Klunkern)

  1. (dated) tassel
    Synonyms: Quaste, Troddel
    • 1916, Günther Georg von Forstner, Als U-Boots-Kommandant gegen England:
      „Mensch, hast du dir verändert!” rief einer unserer Unteroffiziere einem Kameraden des „Meteor” zu, der mit schöner, dicker, warmer, wollener schwedischer Matrosenmütze mit rotbrauner Klunker darauf sich die Sonne auf den Kopf scheinen ließ.
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