Klee

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klee, from Old High German chlēo, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kleː/
• Rhymes: -eː

• Audio:

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Noun

Klee m (strong, genitive Klees, no plural)

1. clover

Declension

Declension of Klee [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Klee
genitive	eines	des	Klees
dative	einem	dem	Klee
accusative	einen	den	Klee

Derived terms

• Glücksklee
• Kleeblatt

Further reading

• “Klee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• kleë (Veldeke spelling)
• Klee̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
• Kleer, Klea (variation spellings)
• Klie

Etymology

From Old Limburgish klīa, from Proto-Germanic *klīwō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to smear, to glue”). Compare German Kleie (see there for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleə̯/, [ˈkleːə̯]
• Rhymes: -eə̯

Noun

Klee f (plural Klee) (German-based spelling)

1. (Southeast Limburgish) bran