klant
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch klant, from Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin calēre (“to be hot”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klant (plural klante)
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- kalant (dated, now Belgium)
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin caleō (“to be hot”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klant m (plural klanten, diminutive klantje n, feminine klante)
- customer, client
- Synonym: (with service providers) cliënt
- De klant is altijd koning in deze winkel.
- The customer is always king in this store.
- chap, bloke
- Hij is een aardige klant die vaak hier komt.
- He's a nice chap who comes here often.
Derived terms edit
- bajesklant
- de klant is koning
- kermisklant
- klantenkaart
- klantenservice
- klantendienst
- klanterij
- Oranjeklant
Descendants edit
Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
klant c
- someone who has blundered (made a clumsy or embarrassing mistake) or who regularly blunders; a blunderer, a "klutz" (in an extended sense that includes being klutzy in non-physical ways)
- Synonym: (stronger) klantarsel
- Jag satte in pengarna på fel konto. Jag är en sån klant!
- I deposited the money in the wrong account. I'm such an idiot (blunderer)!
- Nu tappade du tallrikarna igen din klant!
- Now you dropped the plates again you klutz (blunderer)!
Declension edit
| Declension of klant | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | klant | klanten | klantar | klantarna |
| Genitive | klants | klantens | klantars | klantarnas |
Derived terms edit
- klanta (“to blunder”)
- klanta till (“to mess up/botch something”)
- klantig (“characterized by blundering”)