Klotz

From Middle High German kloz, from Old High German kloz, from Proto-West Germanic *klott.

• IPA^(key): /klɔts/

Klotz m (plural Klötz or Klätz, diminutive Klötzje or Klätzche)

1. (most dialects) block, log, chunk (piece of a hard material)
2. (most dialects) ball in ninepins

Klotz n (plural Klötzer or Klätzer, diminutive Klötzje or Klätzche)

1. (most dialects) ball, lump, clot (solidified piece of a soft material)

   Synonyms: Klomp(e), Knubbel

2. (most dialects) testicle

   Synonym: Ei

• The inflections with -ö- are Ripuarian, those with -ä- are Moselle Franconian.
• The above-described semantic distinction between masculine and neuter forms may not be strictly followed in all dialects. Today, especially, the diminutive tends to replace the neuter noun and its senses.

From Middle High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Old High German kloz (“stump; ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *klott; related to German Kloß (“lump”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel-.

• IPA^(key): /klɔt͡s/

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Klotz m (strong, genitive Klotzes, plural Klötze, diminutive Klötzchen n or Klötzlein n)

1. block, log, chunk (piece of a hard material, especially wood, either unshaped or square-cut)
2. (informal) klutz (slow-witted, clumsy, lethargic person)

• → Lithuanian: klucus
• → Polish: kloc

• “Klotz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Klotz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Klotz” in Duden online
• “Klotz” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Klotz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Klotz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Middle Low German klotz, borrowed from Old High German kloz, from Proto-West Germanic *klott.

Klotz m (plural Kjlaz)

1. block