Masculine

klomp

Meaning

(masculine) a wooden shoe, clog
(masculine) a clump, nugget, lump (an unshaped piece or mass)
(masculine) a kicker, protective footwear worn by goalkeepers

wooden shoe

overschoen

remblok

remslof

Holzschuhe

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɔmp/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Old Frisian

Cognate with English

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with German

In summary

From Middle Dutch clompe (“lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump”), from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, clump, mass; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clamp, mass”). Cognate with Old Frisian klumpa, English clump, Low German Klump, German Klumpen. Related to clamp. Doublet of club.

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klomp

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