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
Concepts
lump
chunk
clod
clog
sabot
clump
patten
ball
boule
bowl
galosh
overshoe
brake block
brake shoe
drag
hoof
skid
sprag
nugget
wooden shoe
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klɔmp/
Etymology
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.
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