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klomp.

a wooden shoe, clog

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/klɔmp/
  1. a wooden shoe, clog

    masculine
  2. a clump, nugget, lump (an unshaped piece or mass)

    masculine
  3. a kicker, protective footwear worn by goalkeepers

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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. Doublet of club.

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