klint

Danish
Møns Klint, chalk cliffs.

Etymology

Likely borrowed from German Low German Klint. Doublet of klit. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

klint

  1. a bluff; a cliff; a very steep incline at a coast

Declension
Declension of klint
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative klint klinten klinter klinterne
genitive klints klintens klinters klinternes

Middle English

Etymology

Old Swedish klinter (“mountaintop”), from Old Norse klettr (“rock”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

klint

  1. A cliff.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kliːnt/

Verb

klint

  1. supine of kline

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kliːnt/

Verb

klint

  1. supine of klina
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