Klinke

See also: klinke

German

Etymology

A Low and Central German word, from Middle Low German and northern Middle High German klinke (“latch”), either from Frankish *klinka (“latch”) or cognate with it through Proto-Germanic *klinkō. Eventually derived from Proto-Germanic *klinganą, probably through the sense “to cling”, alternatively through the sense “to sound” (English clink, German klingen, compare also Klinge (“blade”)). Cognate with Dutch klink, French clenche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋkə/

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Noun

Klinke f (genitive Klinke, plural Klinken)

1. doorhandle
2. (obsolete) latch

Synonyms

• (doorhandle): Türklinke, Schnalle
• (latch): Riegel

Derived terms

• klinken

Further reading

• “Klinke” in Duden online