klomp
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /klɒmp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /klɑmp/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmp
Noun edit
klomp (plural klomps or klompen)
- A Dutch wooden clog.
- 1900, William Elliot Griffis, The American in Holland:
- Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman. The cast-off klomps of Holland must, in the course of a year, form a considerable addition to the stock of fuel.
Verb edit
klomp (third-person singular simple present klomps, present participle klomping, simple past and past participle klomped)
- Alternative form of clomp (“to walk heavily or clumsily”)
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Etymology edit
From Dutch klomp, from Middle Dutch clompe, from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ-.
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch clompe (“lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump”), from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, clump, mass; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clamp, mass”). Cognate with Old Frisian klumpa, English clump, Low German Klump, German Klumpen. Related to clamp.
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Noun edit
klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)
- A wooden shoe, clog.
- A clump, nugget, lump (an unshaped piece or mass)
- (field hockey) A kicker, protective footwear worn by goalkeepers.