klucht

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch cluft, clucht, from Old Dutch *kluft, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz (whence also German Kluft, English cleft). The word is related to klieven (“to cleave”), and the Middle Dutch meaning was at first "separation, department", later also "neighbourhood of a town". The sense shifted to its modern meaning only in early modern Dutch times, starting with "nonsense, prattle" and then "joke, humorous story".

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

klucht f or m (plural kluchten, diminutive kluchtje n)

farce, coarse comedy
a small flock of birds; covey, brood
Ik zag een klucht patrijzen in het veld. ― I saw a flock of partridges in the field.

West Flemish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch cluft, clucht, from Old Dutch *kluft, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz.

Noun edit

klucht f (plural kluchtn, diminutive kluchtje)

joke