Kloß

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) thickish lump
2. (masculine,strong) dumpling
3. (informal,masculine,offensive,strong) fatso; overweight person

Concepts

lump

dumpling

🥟

clod

mass

ball

clump

cluster

Klöße

boule

bowl

bundle

chunk

Synonyms

Klumpen

Knödel

🥟

Ball

Haufen

Kegelkugel

Klümpchen

Knäuel

Knolle

💡

Kommissbrot

Kopf

Kugel

Masse

Portion

Stück

1️⃣

Klops

Gesteinsblock

Ballen

Gruppe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kloːs/

Etymology

From Old High German klōz, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz, ablaut form of Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *glūdos. Related to Middle Low German klōt, Dutch kloot, Old Norse klútr (“kerchief”) (whence Danish klud), English clout, dialectal Russian глуда (gluda). Doublet of Cloud. More at English cleat.