klomp

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch klomp.

Pronunciation

Noun

klomp (plural klomps or klompen)

  1. A Dutch wooden clog.
    • 1900, William Elliot Griffis, The American in Holland:
      Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman. The cast-off klomps of Holland must, in the course of a year, form a considerable addition to the stock of fuel.

Verb

klomp (third-person singular simple present klomps, present participle klomping, simple past and past participle klomped)

  1. Alternative form of clomp (“to walk heavily or clumsily”)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klomp, from Middle Dutch clompe, from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

klomp (plural klompe, diminutive klompie)

  1. Wooden shoe, clog.
  2. Mass, clump, chunk.

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch clompe (“lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump”), from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, clump, mass; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clamp, mass”). Cognate with Old Frisian klumpa, English clump, Low German Klump, German Klumpen. Related to clamp.

Souvenirklompjes
Souvenir clogs

Pronunciation

Noun

klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)

  1. a wooden shoe, clog
  2. a clump, nugget, lump (an unshaped piece or mass)
  3. (field hockey) a kicker, protective footwear worn by goalkeepers

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Descendants

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