Klotz

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Old High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *klott; related to German Kloß (“lump”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /klɔt͡s/
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Noun[edit]

Klotz m (strong, genitive Klotzes, plural Klötze, diminutive Klötzchen n or Klötzlein n)

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Declension[edit]

Declension of Klotz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Klotz	die	Klötze
genitive	eines	des	Klotzes	der	Klötze
dative	einem	dem	Klotz, Klotze¹	den	Klötzen
accusative	einen	den	Klotz	die	Klötze

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

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Descendants[edit]

→ Lithuanian: klucus
→ Polish: kloc
→ Yiddish: קלאָץ‎ (klots)
→ English: klutz

Further reading[edit]

“Klotz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Klotz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Klotz” in Duden online
“Klotz” in OpenThesaurus.de
Klotz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Klotz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Plautdietsch[edit]

Noun[edit]

Klotz m (plural Kjlaz)

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