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Noun [Danish]

Etymology: From Old Danish klærk, from Old Norse klerkr, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós). Etymology templates: {{inh|da|gmq-oda|klærk}} Old Danish klærk, {{inh|da|non|klerkr}} Old Norse klerkr, {{der|da|ang|clerc}} Old English clerc, {{der|da|la-lat|clēricus}} Late Latin clēricus, {{der|da|grc|κληρικός}} Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|klerken||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|klerke||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|checkredlinks=1|g=c|g2=|head=}} klerk c (singular definite klerken, plural indefinite klerke), {{da-noun|en|e}} klerk c (singular definite klerken, plural indefinite klerke) Inflection templates: {{da-decl|en|e}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=klerkenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=klerkes|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=klerkens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=klerks|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=klerkene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=klerke|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=klerken|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=klerk}} Forms: klerken [definite, singular], klerke [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], klerk [indefinite, nominative, singular], klerken [definite, nominative, singular], klerke [indefinite, nominative, plural], klerkene [definite, nominative, plural], klerks [genitive, indefinite, singular], klerkens [definite, genitive, singular], klerkes [genitive, indefinite, plural], klerkenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. cleric, clergyman Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-klerk-da-noun-gabKBxqt
  2. (historical) clerk, scribe Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-klerk-da-noun-vKHRWtG2 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kleresi, klerikal

Noun [Dutch]

Audio: Nl-klerk.ogg Forms: klerken [plural], klerkje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɛrk Etymology: From Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance,” originally “a shard used in casting lots”). Etymology templates: {{der|nl|la-lat|clēricus||a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk}} Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”), {{der|nl|grc|κληρικός||(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy}} Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} klerk m (plural klerken, diminutive klerkje n)
  1. clerk Tags: masculine Derived forms: de Klerk, Klerk
    Sense id: en-klerk-nl-noun-xA3HKwIo Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Icelandic]

Head templates: {{head|is|noun form}} klerk
  1. indefinite accusative singular of klerkur Tags: accusative, form-of, indefinite, singular Form of: klerkur
    Sense id: en-klerk-is-noun-MxH-J2qo Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˈkleɾk/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈk̠ləɹk̠] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -eɾk Etymology: Borrowed from English clerk, from Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós). Doublet of klerigo. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|en|clerk}} Borrowed from English clerk, {{der|tl|enm|clerc}} Middle English clerc, {{der|tl|ang|clerc}} Old English clerc, {{der|tl|la-lat|clēricus}} Late Latin clēricus, {{der|tl|grc|κληρικός}} Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), {{dbt|tl|klerigo}} Doublet of klerigo Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} klerk (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔)
  1. clerk Synonyms: kawani, eskribyente Related terms: aktuwaryo, tauhan

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "klærk",
      "klærk#Old_Danish"
    ],
    [
      "klerkr",
      "klerkr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "clerc",
      "clerc#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "clēricus",
      "clericus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "κληρικός",
      "κληρικός#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "klærk"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish klærk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "klerkr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse klerkr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "clerc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English clerc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clēricus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clēricus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κληρικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish klærk, from Old Norse klerkr, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "klerken",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerke",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "klerke",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "klerken",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "checkredlinks": "1",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "klerk c (singular definite klerken, plural indefinite klerke)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk c (singular definite klerken, plural indefinite klerke)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "klerkenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "klerkes",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "klerkens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "klerks",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "klerkene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "klerke",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "klerken",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "klerk"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleresi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klerikal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cleric, clergyman"
      ],
      "id": "en-klerk-da-noun-gabKBxqt",
      "links": [
        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ],
        [
          "clergyman",
          "clergyman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk, scribe"
      ],
      "id": "en-klerk-da-noun-vKHRWtG2",
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ],
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) clerk, scribe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "klerek"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "klerk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "clēricus",
      "clericus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "κληρικός",
      "κληρικός#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "κλῆρος",
      "κλῆρος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clēricus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κληρικός",
        "4": "",
        "5": "(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance,” originally “a shard used in casting lots”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "klerken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk m (plural klerken, diminutive klerkje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "de Klerk"
        },
        {
          "word": "Klerk"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ],
      "id": "en-klerk-nl-noun-xA3HKwIo",
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Nl-klerk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Nl-klerk.ogg/Nl-klerk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nl-klerk.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "klerkur"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indefinite accusative singular of klerkur"
      ],
      "id": "en-klerk-is-noun-MxH-J2qo",
      "links": [
        [
          "klerkur",
          "klerkur#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "clerk",
      "clerk#English"
    ],
    [
      "clerc",
      "clerc#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "clerc",
      "clerc#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "clēricus",
      "clericus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "κληρικός",
      "κληρικός#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "klerigo",
      "klerigo#Tagalog"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "clerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English clerk",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "clerc"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English clerc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "clerc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English clerc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clēricus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clēricus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κληρικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "klerigo"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of klerigo",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English clerk, from Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós). Doublet of klerigo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "klerk"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "klerk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "tl:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "tl:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ],
      "id": "en-klerk-tl-noun-xA3HKwIo",
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "aktuwaryo"
        },
        {
          "word": "tauhan"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kawani"
        },
        {
          "word": "eskribyente"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkleɾk/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈk̠ləɹk̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Danish common-gender nouns",
    "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Danish lemmas",
    "Danish nouns",
    "Danish nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Danish terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms derived from Old English",
    "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
    "Danish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "klærk",
      "klærk#Old_Danish"
    ],
    [
      "klerkr",
      "klerkr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "clerc",
      "clerc#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "clēricus",
      "clericus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "κληρικός",
      "κληρικός#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmq-oda",
        "3": "klærk"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Danish klærk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "klerkr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse klerkr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "clerc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English clerc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clēricus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clēricus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κληρικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Danish klærk, from Old Norse klerkr, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "klerken",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerke",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkene",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkenes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "klerke",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "klerken",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "checkredlinks": "1",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "klerk c (singular definite klerken, plural indefinite klerke)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk c (singular definite klerken, plural indefinite klerke)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "name": "da-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "klerkenes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "klerkes",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "klerkens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "klerks",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "klerkene",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "klerke",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "klerken",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "klerk"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kleresi"
    },
    {
      "word": "klerikal"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cleric, clergyman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ],
        [
          "clergyman",
          "clergyman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk, scribe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ],
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) clerk, scribe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "de Klerk"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klerk"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "klerek"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "klerk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "clēricus",
      "clericus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "κληρικός",
      "κληρικός#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "κλῆρος",
      "κλῆρος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clēricus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κληρικός",
        "4": "",
        "5": "(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “(adj. in church jargon) of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance,” originally “a shard used in casting lots”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "klerken",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klerkje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk m (plural klerken, diminutive klerkje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch masculine nouns",
        "Dutch nouns",
        "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
        "Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Dutch terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrk",
        "Rhymes:Dutch/ɛrk/1 syllable"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "Nl-klerk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/Nl-klerk.ogg/Nl-klerk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nl-klerk.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Icelandic non-lemma forms",
        "Icelandic noun forms",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "klerkur"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indefinite accusative singular of klerkur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "klerkur",
          "klerkur#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "form-of",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "clerk",
      "clerk#English"
    ],
    [
      "clerc",
      "clerc#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "clerc",
      "clerc#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "clēricus",
      "clericus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "κληρικός",
      "κληρικός#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "klerigo",
      "klerigo#Tagalog"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "clerk"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English clerk",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "clerc"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English clerc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "clerc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English clerc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clēricus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clēricus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κληρικός"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "klerigo"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of klerigo",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English clerk, from Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós). Doublet of klerigo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "klerk (Baybayin spelling ᜃ᜔ᜎᜒᜇ᜔ᜃ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "klerk"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "klerk"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aktuwaryo"
    },
    {
      "word": "tauhan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾk",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/eɾk/1 syllable",
        "Tagalog 1-syllable words",
        "Tagalog doublets",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog nouns",
        "Tagalog terms borrowed from English",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Tagalog terms derived from English",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Middle English",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Old English",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
        "tl:Occupations",
        "tl:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clerk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kawani"
        },
        {
          "word": "eskribyente"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkleɾk/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈk̠ləɹk̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɾk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "klerk"
}

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