Klette

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

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

glätte

Basel-Landschaft

glette

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɛtə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: klette

Inherited from Old High German: kletta

Cognate with Old Saxon: kledda

Cognate with Middle Low German: klette

Cognate with Middle Dutch: clisse

Cognate with Dutch: klis

Cognate with Old English: cliþe

Cognate with English: clote

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).

Concepts

burdock

burr

bur

limpet

Synonyms

anhängliche Person

Schimmel

Translations

bardane

klit

dulavratotu

bardana

bardana

cadillo

bardana

lampazo

pegadillo

dulavratot

łopian

cachurrea

łopuch

lapaizo

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