klomp

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch klomp.

Noun

klomp (plural klomps or klompen)

  1. 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)

  1. (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)

  1. Wooden shoe, clog.
  2. Mass, lump, chunk.

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.

Souvenirklompjes
Souvenir clogs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɔmp/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: klomp
  • Rhymes: -ɔmp

Noun

klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)

  1. Wooden shoe, clog.
  2. Mass, lump, chunk.

Derived terms

Descendants

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