klomp

Meaning

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

Concepts

lump

clod

chunk

clog

sabot

clump

patten

hoof

nugget

overshoe

skid

sprag

ball

wooden shoe

boule

bowl

brake block

brake shoe

drag

galosh

Synonyms

kluit

klont

🅰️

bal

dot

prop

blok

overschoen

stuk

remblok

remschoen

remslof

brok

hoef

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klɔmp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: clompe

Inherited from Old Dutch: *klumpo

Cognate with Old Frisian: klumpa

Cognate with English: clump

Cognate with Low German: Klump

Cognate with German: Klumpen

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.