klägg

Swedish

Alternative forms

• klegg

Etymology

Compare Icelandic kleggi, English clag (“glue or paste”). From Proto-Germanic *klajjô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to stick together”). Doublet of kli, klister, and kläde.

Noun

klägg n

1. (informal) gunk (unpleasant sticky substance)

Declension

Declension of klägg
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	klägg	klägget	—	—
Genitive	kläggs	kläggets	—	—

References

• klägg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klägg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)