Feminin

Klette

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (feminine) burdock
  2. (feminine) a bur (a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing)
  3. (feminine, figuratively) a clingy person

Synonyme

anhängliche Person

Frequenz

30k
Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glätte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glette

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈklɛtə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle High German klette, from Old High German kletta f, kletto m, from Proto-Germanic *klīþô, from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt- (“to cling to, cleave, stick”), from *gley- (“to stick, smear”). Cognate with Old Saxon kledda f, kleddo m and Middle Low German klette. Related to klettern (“to climb”) and Kleid (“dress”), also Middle Dutch clisse, Dutch klis, Old English cliþe, clāte and English clote (“burdock”) (DWDS).

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