klink
See also: Klink
English edit
Noun edit
klink
- Alternative spelling of clink (“prison”)
- 2011, Death Grips (lyrics and music), “Klink”, in Exmilitary:
- Try to hem me up like for life / Stuck in the klink, haters in blue / How they set me up? Should I test my luck? / Here they come, they're in pursuit
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch klink, form Middle Dutch clinke.
Noun edit
klink (plural klinke)
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch klinken, from Middle Dutch clingen, from Old Dutch *clingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą.
Verb edit
klink (present klink, present participle klinkende, past participle geklink)
- to sound
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch clinke. Related to German Klinke.
Noun edit
klink f (plural klinken, diminutive klinkje n)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
klink
- inflection of klinken:
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klink m inan
- Diminutive of klin
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
klink
- imperative of klinka