klägg
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Icelandic kleggi, English clag (“glue or paste”). From Proto-Germanic *klajjô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to stick together”). Doublet of kli, klister, and kläde.
Noun
klägg n
- (informal) gunk (unpleasant sticky substance)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | klägg | kläggs |
| definite | klägget | kläggets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
References
- klägg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klägg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)