kluska

See also: Kluska, kluską, and Kluską

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklus.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uska
  • Syllabification: klus‧ka
  • Homophone: Kluska

Etymology 1

From German Kloß +‎ -ka, perhaps via the Silesian variant Kluß.

Alternative forms

Noun

kluska f (diminutive kluseczka, augmentative klucha, related adjective kluskowy)

  1. noodle (string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients)
  2. (in the plural) kluski (noodles prepared in an ethnic Polish manner; specifically, thin strips of dough, as opposed to filled shells)
    Hypernym: nudle
  3. piece of kluski
  4. (colloquial, figurative) fatso, butterball (overweight person)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grubas
  5. (colloquial, figurative) dweeb, hacker, klutz, nebbish (clumsy or stupid person)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara
Declension
Declension of kluska
singular plural
nominative kluska kluski
genitive kluski klusek
dative klusce kluskom
accusative kluskę kluski
instrumental kluską kluskami
locative klusce kluskach
vocative klusko kluski
Derived terms
adjectives
  • kluskowaty
nouns
adjectives
  • kluchowaty
adverbs
  • kluchowato
nouns

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kluska m inan

  1. genitive singular of klusek

Noun

kluska m pers

  1. genitive/accusative singular of klusek

Further reading

  • kluska in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kluska in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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