kluska

See also: Kluska, kluską, and Kluską

Polish

kluski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklus.ka/

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• Rhymes: -uska
• Syllabification: klus‧ka
• Homophone: Kluska

Etymology 1

From German Kloß +‎ -ka, perhaps via the Silesian variant Kluß.

Alternative forms

• klusek

Noun

kluska f (diminutive kluseczka, augmentative klucha, related adjective kluskowy)

1. noodle (string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients)
2. (in the plural) kluski (noodles prepared in an ethnic Polish manner; specifically, thin strips of dough, as opposed to filled shells)

   Hypernym: nudle

3. piece of kluski
4. (colloquial, figurative) fatso, butterball (overweight person)

   Synonyms: beka, grubas, grubcio, spaślak, tłuścioch, ulaniec

5. (colloquial, figurative) dweeb, hacker, klutz, nebbish (clumsy or stupid person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

Declension

Declension of kluska

	singular	plural
nominative	kluska	kluski
genitive	kluski	klusek
dative	klusce	kluskom
accusative	kluskę	kluski
instrumental	kluską	kluskami
locative	klusce	kluskach
vocative	klusko	kluski

Derived terms

adjectives

• kluskowaty

 

nouns

• kluski francuskie
• kluski kładzione
• kluski półfrancuskie
• kluski śląskie
• lane kluski

 

Related terms

adjectives

• kluchowaty

 

adverbs

• kluchowato

 

nouns

• ciepłe kluchy
• kluchowatość

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kluska m inan

1. genitive singular of klusek

Noun

kluska m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of klusek

Further reading

• kluska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kluska in Polish dictionaries at PWN