klad

See also: Appendix:Variations of "klad"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klad, from Middle Dutch kladde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klat/

Noun

klad (plural kladde)

1. (uncountable) draft (uncountable)
2. stain, spot

Verb

klad (present klad, present participle kladdende, past participle geklad)

1. (intransitive) to dry with a paper or cloth, e.g. by dabbing
2. (transitive, intransitive) to stain

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklat]
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

From klást.

Noun

klad m inan

1. pro (advantage)

   Synonym: pro

   Antonyms: zápor, proti

   klady a zápory ― pros and cons

2. ordering

Declension

Declension of klad (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klad	klady
genitive	kladu	kladů
dative	kladu	kladům
accusative	klad	klady
vocative	klade	klady
locative	kladu	kladech
instrumental	kladem	klady

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”).

Noun

klad m inan

1. (biology, systematics) clade (A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species.)

Declension

Declension of klad (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klad	klady
genitive	kladu	kladů
dative	kladu	kladům
accusative	klad	klady
vocative	klade	klady
locative	kladu	kladech
instrumental	kladem	klady

Derived terms

• kladistika
• kladogram

Further reading

• “klad”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klad”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klad”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: klad
• Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kladde. Compare German Kladde.

Noun

klad n (plural kladden, diminutive kladje n)

1. (uncountable, also in fixed phrases with definite article or without article) draft
2. stain, spot

Derived terms

• bekladden
• kladblok
• kladden
• kladversie

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klad
• → Papiamentu: klat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klad

1. inflection of kladden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: klad
• Homophone: klat

Noun

klad m inan

1. (taxonomy) clade

Declension

Declension of klad

	singular	plural
nominative	klad	klady
genitive	kladu	kladów
dative	kladowi	kladom
accusative	klad	klady
instrumental	kladem	kladami
locative	kladzie	kladach
vocative	kladzie	klady

Further reading

• klad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Volapük

Noun

klad (nominative plural klads)

1. class

Declension

Declension of klad

	singular	plural
nominative	klad	klads
genitive	klada	kladas
dative	klade	klades
accusative	kladi	kladis
vocative 1	o klad!	o klads!
predicative 2	kladu	kladus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only