kluit
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klœy̯t/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: kluit
- Rhymes: -œy̯t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch clute. Cognate with English cloud. Related to Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and klont (“lump”).
Noun
Derived terms
- graskluit
- iemand met een kluitje in het riet sturen
- rietkluit
- uit de kluiten gewassen
Etymology 2
From earlier kluut, through regular sound change, but again superseded by the older form (which is truer to the bird's call).
Anagrams
- kuilt, luikt
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