klutz

(Engels)

A clumsy or stupid person.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/klʌts/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Duits: Klotz

In summary

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.

Sinonieme

dork

simpleton

birdbrain

boob

chump

churl

clod

dingbat

doofus

duffer

dullard

dumbbell

fathead

fool

gawk

git

goof

goose

🪿

loon

moron

mug

nerd

ninny

nitwit

schlep

schnook

stupe

tomfool

shlep

turkey

twit

wally

clumsy person

goofball

stupid person

nebbech

schlepper

shlepper

shnook

ass

🍑

spaz

asshole