klok

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of klokken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of klokken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of klokken:

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Concepts

clock

bell

🔔

watch

⌚

timepiece

ticker

chime

hours

o’clock

pendulum

swing

time

⌚

timer

time-piece

chronograph

chronoscope

clocks

doorbell

hour

Synonyms

uurwerk

horloge

⌚

bel

🔔

rinkelbel

schel

teller

uur

kilometerteller

tijdklok

pendule

torenklok

klokje

polshorloge

slinger

slingeruurwerk

Translations

Uhr

reloj

relógio

orologio

horloge

Glocke

🔔

rellotge

cloche

🔔

campana

🔔

sino

🔔

ρολόι

saat

⌚

Klingel

🔔

montre

⌚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɔk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: clocke

Inherited from Old Dutch: *klokka

In summary

From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, 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.

Sentences

De klok tikt .

The clock is ticking.

We zitten terug op het zomertijd , maar ik moet de klok nog synchroniseren .

We're back to daylight saving time, but I still have to synchronize the clock.