klöpp

See also: klopp and Klopp

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰlœhp/
• Rhymes: -œhp

Etymology 1

From Old Norse klǫpp (“a pierlike rock, stepping stone in a stream”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel (“to form into a ball”). See *klumpô (“clump, mass”), Middle High German klapf (“cliff top”), English clop (“rock, mound, hillock”).

Noun

klöpp f (genitive singular klappar, nominative plural klappir)

1. low and flat rock

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “998-1003”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 998-1003

Etymology 2

Inflected form of klapp (“applause; pat, stroke”).

Noun

klöpp

1. nominative indefinite plural of klapp
2. accusative indefinite plural of klapp