Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch clateren. Cognate with Low German klateren, English clatter and perhaps dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk klatra (to beat, pound); from Proto-Germanic *klatrōjaną, but ultimately onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

klateren

  1. (of a flowing liquid) to gurgle, to splash

Inflection edit

Inflection of klateren (weak)
infinitive klateren
past singular klaterde
past participle geklaterd
infinitive klateren
gerund klateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular klater klaterde
2nd person sing. (jij) klatert klaterde
2nd person sing. (u) klatert klaterde
2nd person sing. (gij) klatert klaterde
3rd person singular klatert klaterde
plural klateren klaterden
subjunctive sing.1 klatere klaterde
subjunctive plur.1 klateren klaterden
imperative sing. klater
imperative plur.1 klatert
participles klaterend geklaterd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*klatrōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215