klomp

Borrowed from Dutch klomp.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /klɒmp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /klɑmp/

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• Rhymes: -ɒmp

klomp (plural klomps or klompen)

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.

klomp (third-person singular simple present klomps, present participle klomping, simple past and past participle klomped)

1. Alternative form of clomp (“to walk heavily or clumsily”)

From Dutch klomp, from Middle Dutch clompe, from Old Dutch *klumpo, from Proto-Germanic *klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ-.

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klomp (plural klompe, diminutive klompie)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /klɔmp/

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• Hyphenation: klomp
• Rhymes: -ɔmp

klomp m (plural klompen, diminutive klompje n)

1. A wooden shoe, clog.
2. A clump, nugget, lump (an unshaped piece or mass)
3. (field hockey) A kicker, protective footwear worn by goalkeepers.

• goudklomp
• klompendans
• klompwacht
• nou breekt mijn klomp
• op zijn klompen aanvoelen

• Afrikaans: klomp
• Berbice Creole Dutch: klumpu
• Negerhollands: klomp, klump
• → English: klomp, clomp
• → Papiamentu: klòmpi, klompi, klòmp
• → Sranan Tongo: klompu