klok

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc.

• IPA^(key): /klɔk/

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klok (plural klokke, diminutive klokkie)

1. clock

• klokke (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /klɔk/

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• Hyphenation: klok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

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.

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

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• Jersey Dutch: klök
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

klok

1. inflection of klokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

klok f (plural klokke, diminutive klokske)

1. Veldeke spelling spelling of Klock

From Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

klōk

1. smart, clever

• → Middle High German: kluoc
  • German: klug
  • Yiddish: קלוג‎ (klug)
• → Old Norse: klókr
  • Danish: klog
  • Faroese: klókur
  • Icelandic: klókur
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  • Old Swedish: kloker
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• "klōk" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

From Old Norse klókr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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

1. wise

• etterpåklok

• “klok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse klókr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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

1. wise

• etterpåklok
• kloking

• “klok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish kloker, from Old Norse klókr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Saxon *klōk, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

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klok (comparative klokare, superlative klokast)

1. wise, intelligent

   ett klokt beslut

   a wise decision

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• oklok

• 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)

klok

1. Alternative form of kilok

klok (nominative plural kloks)

1. bell