klooi

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kloːi̯/
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  • Hyphenation: klooi
  • Rhymes: -oːi̯

Etymology 1

Lenited form of kloot (bollock). The verb klooien may be (un)related.

Noun

klooi m (plural klooien, diminutive klooitje n)

  1. a dork, jerk, nobody
  2. a bumbler, loser
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klooi

  1. inflection of klooien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative