klang

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See also: Klang and kläng

English

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Etymology

German Klang

Noun

klang (plural klangs)

  1. (music) Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).

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German

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

klang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of klingen

Limburgish

Etymology

From klange.

Pronunciation

Noun

klang f

  1. temptation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

klang

  1. simple past of klinge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

klang

  1. past tense of klinga

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *tulaːŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN (“bone”).

Noun

klang (classifier ƀĕ)

  1. (anatomy) bone

Derived terms

References

  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64

Swedish

Etymology

From klinga, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

klang c

  1. clang (of a bell, metal hitting metal more generally, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) ring, connotations
    ett ord med romantisk klang
    a word with a romantic ring
    ett ord med dålig klang
    a word with bad connotations
  3. timbre, sound, tone (of an instrument, voice, or the like)
    en röst med vacker klang
    a voice with a beautiful timbre

Declension

Declension of klang 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klang klangen klanger klangerna
Genitive klangs klangens klangers klangernas

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Verb

klang

  1. (dated) strong conjugation form of klingade, past indicative of klinga

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