klomp
English
Etymology
Noun
klomp (plural klomps or klompen)
- A Dutch wooden clog.
- 1900, William Elliot Griffis, The American in Holland:
- Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a farewell feast out of his shoes, had he been a Dutchman. The cast-off klomps of Holland must, in the course of a year, form a considerable addition to the stock of fuel.
Verb
klomp (third-person singular simple present klomps, present participle klomping, simple past and past participle klomped)
- (intransitive) To walk heavily or stomp, as though walking in clogs or wooden shoes.
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch klomp, from Middle Dutch clompe, from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ-.
Noun
klomp (plural klompe, diminutive klompie)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch clompe (“lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump”), from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, clump, mass; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clamp, mass”). Cognate with Old Frisian klumpa, English clump, Low German Klump, German Klumpen. Related to clamp.
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Souvenir clogs
Pronunciation
Noun
klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)
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