klöpp

See also: klopp and Klopp

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰlœhp/
Rhymes: -œhp

Etymology 1

From Old Norse klǫpp (“a pierlike rock, stepping stone in a stream”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel (“to form into a ball”). See *klumpô (“clump, mass”), Middle High German klapf (“cliff top”), English clop (“rock, mound, hillock”).

Noun

klöpp f (genitive singular klappar, nominative plural klappir)

low and flat rock

Declension

declension of klöpp

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular		plural
nominative	klöpp	klöppin	klappir	klappirnar
accusative	klöpp	klöppina	klappir	klappirnar
dative	klöpp	klöppinni	klöppum	klöppunum
genitive	klappar	klapparinnar	klappa	klappanna

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “998-1003”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 998-1003

Etymology 2

Inflected form of klapp (“applause; pat, stroke”).

Noun

klöpp

nominative indefinite plural of klapp
accusative indefinite plural of klapp

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