klint

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Danish[edit]

Møns Klint, chalk cliffs.

Etymology[edit]

Likely borrowed from German Low German Klint. Doublet of klit. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun[edit]

klint

  1. a bluff; a cliff; a very steep incline at a coast

Declension[edit]

Declension of klint
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative klint klinten klinter klinterne
genitive klints klintens klinters klinternes

Related terms[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old Swedish klinter (“mountaintop”), from Old Norse klettr (“rock”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun[edit]

klint

  1. A cliff.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

klint

  1. supine of kline

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

klint

  1. supine of klina
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