kleven

Meaning

(intransitive) to stick, to be attached glue-like
(transitive) to glue, to adhere something on/to something else, to stick to/on
(intransitive) to be sticky
(intransitive) to tailgate (drive dangerously close)

vastkleven

sich heften an

s’agglutiner

adhésion

adhérence

fahren ohne Sicherheitsabstand

heften

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkleː.və(n)/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

clēven

Inherited from Old Dutch

clivon

In summary

From Middle Dutch clēven, from Old Dutch clivon, from Proto-West Germanic *klibēn, from Proto-Germanic *klibāną, from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to stick”).

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