Masculine
Klotz
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) block, log, chunk (piece of a hard material, especially wood, either unshaped or square-cut)
- (informal, masculine, strong) klutz (slow-witted, clumsy, lethargic person)
Synonyms
Fliegendreck
Rammklotz
Blockstrecke
blok
bloque
bloc
blocco
bloco
bloc
caudexFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
glotz
Zürich
chlotz
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klɔt͡s/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Old High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *klott; related to German Kloß (“lump”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.
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