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klokke.

bell (a percussive instrument)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/klɔkə/[ˈkʰl̥ʌɡ̊ə]

  1. bell (a percussive instrument)

    common-gender

  2. bell (something shaped like the instrument, i.e. as an inverted)

    common-gender

  3. bell (an instrument giving a signal, e.g. a doorbell or a bell in a school)

    common-gender

  4. time, hour, o'clock (the hours and minuts)

    common-gender
    Hvad er klokken?
    Jeg kommer tilbage klokken 6.

  5. watch

    common-gender · rare
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse klokka, from Middle Low German klocke, from Medieval Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).

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