# klok
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch klok, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klɔk/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

klok (plural klokke, diminutive klokkie)
* clock

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* klokke (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: klok
* Rhymes: -ɔk

### Etymology 1

From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *klokka, from Old Irish clocc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. In Early Modern Dutch, too, klokke still referred primarily to a bell, which is the word's original meaning and from which sense the word klokkentoren (“bell tower”) for example derives; the sense clock is a relatively recent development.

#### Noun

klok f (plural klokken, diminutive klokje n)
* clock
    Synonyms: uurwerk, (Belgium) horloge
* (Netherlands, informal) watch, wristwatch
    Synonym: horloge
* bell
* protective cloche
* (often diminutive) something bell-shaped, as some flowers

##### Derived terms

* avondklok
* grote klok
* het klokje rond
* kerkklok
* klokhuis
* klokje
* klokke
* klokkenspel
* klokkentoren
* klokslag
* kloktijd
* klokwerk
* koekoeksklok
* noodklok
* paasklok
* prikklok
* slingerklok
* torenklok
* zoals het klokje thuis tikt, tikt het nergens

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: klok
* Berbice Creole Dutch: klok
* Jersey Dutch: klök
* Negerhollands: klok, klock
* → Papiamentu: klòk, klok
* → West Frisian: klok

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

klok
* inflection of klokken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Limburgish
### Noun

klok f (plural klokke, diminutive klokske)
* Veldeke spelling of Klock

## Middle Low German
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

### Adjective

klōk
* smart, clever

#### Descendants

* → Middle High German: kluoc
** German: klug
** Yiddish: קלוג (klug)
* → Old Norse: klókr
** Danish: klog
** Faroese: klókur
** Icelandic: klókur
** Norwegian Bokmål: klok
** Norwegian Nynorsk: klok
** Old Swedish: kloker
*** Swedish: klok

### Further reading

* "klōk" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klok.

### Adjective

klok (neuter singular klokt, definite singular and plural kloke, comparative klokere, indefinite superlative klokest, definite superlative klokeste)
* wise

#### Derived terms

* etterpåklok

### References

* “klok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klok.

### Adjective

klok (neuter klokt, definite singular and plural kloke, comparative klokare, indefinite superlative klokast, definite superlative klokaste)
* wise

#### Derived terms

* etterpåklok
* kloking

### References

* “klok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish kloker, from Old Norse klókr, from Middle Low German klôk, from Old Saxon *klōk, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

klok (comparative klokare, superlative klokast)
* wise, intelligent
    ett klokt besluta wise decision

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### See also

* oklok

### References

* klok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* klok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* klok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* klok in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## Tok Pisin
### Noun

klok
* Alternative form of kilok

## Volapük
### Noun

klok (nominative plural kloks)
* bell

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only