klok

See also: клок and Klǫk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klok, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔk/

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Noun

klok (plural klokke, diminutive klokkie)

1. clock

Dutch

Alternative forms

• klokke (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔk/

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• Hyphenation: klok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. In Early Modern Dutch, too, klokke still referred primarily to a bell, which is the word's original meaning and from which sense the word klokkentoren (“bell tower”) for example derives; the sense clock is a relatively recent development.

Noun

klok f (plural klokken, diminutive klokje n)

1. clock

   Synonyms: uurwerk, (Belgium) horloge

2. (Netherlands, informal) watch, wristwatch

   Synonym: horloge

3. bell
4. protective cloche
5. (often diminutive) something bell-shaped, as some flowers

Derived terms

• avondklok
• grote klok
• het klokje rond
• kerkklok
• klokhuis
• klokje
• klokke
• klokkenspel
• klokkentoren
• klokslag
• klokwerk
• koekoeksklok
• noodklok
• paasklok
• prikklok
• slingerklok
• torenklok
• zoals het klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klok
• Berbice Creole Dutch: klok
• Jersey Dutch: klök
• Negerhollands: klok, klock
• → Papiamentu: klòk, klok
• → West Frisian: klok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klok

1. inflection of klokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Limburgish

Noun

klok f (plural klokke, diminutive klokske)

1. Veldeke spelling of Klock

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

Adjective

klōk

1. smart, clever

Descendants

• → Middle High German: kluoc
  • German: klug
  • Yiddish: קלוג (klug)
• → Old Norse: klókr
  • Danish: klog
  • Faroese: klókur
  • Icelandic: klókur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: klok
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: klok
  • Old Swedish: kloker
    • Swedish: klok

Further reading

• "klōk" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klok.

Adjective

klok (neuter singular klokt, definite singular and plural kloke, comparative klokere, indefinite superlative klokest, definite superlative klokeste)

1. wise

Derived terms

• etterpåklok

References

• “klok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klok.

Adjective

klok (neuter klokt, definite singular and plural kloke, comparative klokare, indefinite superlative klokast, definite superlative klokaste)

1. wise

Derived terms

• etterpåklok
• kloking

References

• “klok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kloker, from Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klôk, from Old Saxon *klōk, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

klok (comparative klokare, superlative klokast)

1. wise, intelligent

   ett klokt beslut

   a wise decision

Declension

Inflection of klok
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	klok	klokare	klokast
Neuter singular	klokt	klokare	klokast
Plural	kloka	klokare	klokast
Masculine plural3	kloke	klokare	klokast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	kloke	klokare	klokaste
All	kloka	klokare	klokaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

See also

• oklok

References

• klok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• klok in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Noun

klok

1. Alternative form of kilok

Volapük

Noun

klok (nominative plural kloks)

1. bell

Declension

declension of klok

	singular	plural
nominative	klok	kloks
genitive	kloka	klokas
dative	kloke	klokes
accusative	kloki	klokis
vocative 1	o klok!	o kloks!
predicative 2	kloku	klokus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only