klomp

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch klomp.

Noun

klomp (plural klomps)

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.

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.

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/

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• Hyphenation: klomp
• Rhymes: -ɔmp

Noun

klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)

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