German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kleben, from Old High German klebēn (to stick), from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkleːbm̩], [ˈkleːbən]
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Verb

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kleben (weak, third-person singular present klebt, past tense klebte, past participle geklebt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to glue [with an or auf (+ accusative) ‘onto’]
  2. (intransitive) to stick [with an (+ dative) ‘to’]
    Der Schlamm klebte an den Schuhen.
    The mud was sticking to the shoes.
  3. (intransitive) to be sticky

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kleben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kleben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kleben” in Duden online
  • kleben” in OpenThesaurus.de