Kluppe

German

Etymology

Middle High German kluppe, from Old High German klubba. Related to Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“split, cleave”). Compare Bavarian Kluppn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kluppe f (genitive Kluppe, plural Kluppen)

1. (Austria, Bavaria) clothes peg, clothespin

   Synonym: Wäscheklammer

Declension

Declension of Kluppe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kluppe	die	Kluppen
genitive	einer	der	Kluppe	der	Kluppen
dative	einer	der	Kluppe	den	Kluppen
accusative	eine	die	Kluppe	die	Kluppen

Further reading

• “Kluppe” in Duden online