Klotz

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German kloz, from Proto-West Germanic *klott.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔts/

Noun

Klotz m (plural Klötz or Klätz, diminutive Klötzje or Klätzche)

1. (most dialects) block, log, chunk (piece of a hard material)
2. (most dialects) ball in ninepins

Noun

Klotz n (plural Klötzer or Klätzer, diminutive Klötzje or Klätzche)

1. (most dialects) ball, lump, clot (solidified piece of a soft material)

   Synonyms: Klomp(e), Knubbel

2. (most dialects) testicle

   Synonym: Ei

Usage notes

• The inflections with -ö- are Ripuarian, those with -ä- are Moselle Franconian.
• The above-described semantic distinction between masculine and neuter forms may not be strictly followed in all dialects. Today, especially, the diminutive tends to replace the neuter noun and its senses.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Old High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *klott; related to German Kloß (“lump”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔt͡s/

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Noun

Klotz m (strong, genitive Klotzes, plural Klötze, diminutive Klötzchen n or Klötzlein n)

1. block, log, chunk (piece of a hard material, especially wood, either unshaped or square-cut)
2. (informal) klutz (slow-witted, clumsy, lethargic person)

Declension

Declension of Klotz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Klotz	die	Klötze
genitive	eines	des	Klotzes	der	Klötze
dative	einem	dem	Klotz, Klotze1	den	Klötzen
accusative	einen	den	Klotz	die	Klötze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Bauklotz
• Betonklotz
• Bremsklotz
• Eisenklotz
• Fußklotz
• Holzklotz
• Klotz am Bein
• Metallklotz
• Sitzklotz
• Stahlklotz
• Tischklotz
• Türklotz

 

Related terms

• Klotzfuß
• Klotzschuh
• Klotztisch

 

Descendants

• → Lithuanian: klucus
• → Polish: kloc

Further reading

• “Klotz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Klotz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Klotz” in Duden online
• “Klotz” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Klotz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Klotz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Klotz m (plural Kjlaz)

1. block