klok

Meaning

1. (feminine) clock
2. (Netherlands,feminine,informal) watch, wristwatch
3. (feminine) bell
4. (feminine) protective cloche
5. (diminutive,feminine,often) something bell-shaped, as some flowers

o’clock

time-piece

rinkelbel

tijdklok

pendule

torenklok

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɔk/

From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. In Early Modern Dutch, too, klokke still referred primarily to a bell, which is the word's original meaning and from which sense the word klokkentoren (“bell tower”) for example derives; the sense clock is a relatively recent development.

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