See also: Klump

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Low German klumpe, from Middle Low German klumpe, from Old Saxon *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô.

Noun edit

klump c (singular definite klumpen, plural indefinite klumper)

  1. a lump

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly from German Low German klumpe

Noun edit

klump m (definite singular klumpen, indefinite plural klumper, definite plural klumpene)

  1. a lump
  2. a clot (of blood)
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

klump

  1. imperative of klumpe

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from German Low German klumpe

Noun edit

klump m (definite singular klumpen, indefinite plural klumpar, definite plural klumpane)

  1. a lump
  2. a clot (of blood)

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German klumpe, from Old Saxon *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô.

Noun edit

klump c

  1. a lump
  2. (derogatory) a person who is perceived to obstruct, person who is in the way
  3. (Postal Romanization, jargon) A smaller type of package, sometimes classified as a letter.
    • 2022 December 22, Smålands Dagblad, page 8:
      På Postnord i Nässjö hanteras brev i olika former och en viss mängd klump, vilket är mindre paket upp till fem kilo []
      At Postnord in Nässjö, letters in various forms are processed, along with a certain amount of [lumps], which are small packages weighing up to five kilograms []

Declension edit

Declension of klump 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klump klumpen klumpar klumparna
Genitive klumps klumpens klumpars klumparnas

References edit

  • klump in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)