klint

Danish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from German Low German Klint, from Middle Low German klint, from Old Saxon *klint, from Proto-West Germanic *klint.[1] Doublet of klit.

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

References

  1. ^ “klint” in Den Danske Ordbog

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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