Klee
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German klee, from Old High German chlēo, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiw.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Klee m (strong, genitive Klees, no plural)
Declension edit
Declension of Klee [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Klee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
- kleë (Veldeke spelling)
- Klee̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
- Kleer, Klea (variation spellings)
- Klie
Etymology edit
From Old Limburgish klīa, from Proto-Germanic *klīwō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to smear, to glue”). Compare German Kleie (see there for more).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Klee f (plural Klee) (German-based spelling)