kletskop

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛts.kɔp/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: klets‧kop

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from German Glatzkopf (baldie), itself from Glatze (bald head;) + Kopf (head).

Noun[edit]

kletskop m (plural kletskoppen, diminutive kletskopje n)

  1. (colloquial, Belgium) A bald head.
  2. (metonymically, Belgium) A bald person (usually said of a man), a baldie.
    Synonyms: kaalkop, kale
  3. A hard and brittle type of cookie, with sugar, butter and peanuts or almonds as main ingredients.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From kletsen (to talk) +‎ kop (head).

Noun[edit]

kletskop m (plural kletskoppen, diminutive kletskopje n)

  1. A blab, blabbermouth.