klok
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch klok, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔk/
Audio (file)
Noun
klok (plural klokke, diminutive klokkie)
- clock
Dutch
Alternative forms
- klokke (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔk/
audio (file) - 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)
- clock
- Synonym: uurwerk
- (informal) watch, wristwatch
- Synonym: horloge
- bell
- protective cloche
- (often diminutive) something bell-shaped, as some flowers
Derived terms
- avondklok
- grote klok
- klokhuis
- kerkklok
- klokjesgentiaan
- klokke
- klokkenspel
- klokkentoren
- klokslag
- klokwerk
- koekoeksklok
- lenteklokje
- meiklokje
- noodklok
- paasklok
- prikklok
- slingerklok
- torenklok
- zoals het klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens
- zomerklokje
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
- first-person singular present indicative of klokken
- imperative of klokken
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)
- 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)
- 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
audio (file)
Adjective
klok (comparative klokare, superlative klokast)
- wise, intelligent
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 | |||
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
- Alternative form of kilok
Volapük
Noun
klok (nominative plural kloks)
- bell
Declension
| 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