"Klecks" meaning in German

See Klecks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klɛks/ Audio: De-Klecks.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -ɛks Etymology: A German Low German [Term?] and Central German derivative in -s from the now archaic verb klecken (“to splash”). Etymology templates: {{bor|de|nds-de}} German Low German [Term?] Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(es)}} Klecks m (strong, genitive Kleckses or Klecks, plural Kleckse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(es)}} Forms: Kleckses [genitive], Klecks [genitive], Kleckse [plural], strong [table-tags], Klecks [nominative, singular], Kleckse [definite, nominative, plural], Kleckses [genitive, singular], Klecks [genitive, singular], Kleckse [definite, genitive, plural], Klecks [dative, singular], Klecksen [dative, definite, plural], Klecks [accusative, singular], Kleckse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. blot, stain Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Klecks-de-noun-ATOfRe4u
  2. blob, dab Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Klecks-de-noun-9HYiVh6u Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Tintenklecks, klecksen Related terms: Klacks

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tintenklecks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klecksen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kleks"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kljáksa",
      "word": "кля́кса"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Central German",
      "Central German"
    ],
    [
      "-s",
      "-s#German"
    ],
    [
      "klecken",
      "klecken#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nds-de"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German [Term?]",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A German Low German [Term?] and Central German derivative in -s from the now archaic verb klecken (“to splash”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kleckses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecksen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(es)"
      },
      "expansion": "Klecks m (strong, genitive Kleckses or Klecks, plural Kleckse)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(es)"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Klacks"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blot, stain"
      ],
      "id": "en-Klecks-de-noun-ATOfRe4u",
      "links": [
        [
          "blot",
          "blot"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blob, dab"
      ],
      "id": "en-Klecks-de-noun-9HYiVh6u",
      "links": [
        [
          "blob",
          "blob"
        ],
        [
          "dab",
          "dab"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klɛks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Klecks.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/De-Klecks.ogg/De-Klecks.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/De-Klecks.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klecks"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from German Low German",
    "German terms derived from German Low German",
    "Low German term requests",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Tintenklecks"
    },
    {
      "word": "klecksen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kleks"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kljáksa",
      "word": "кля́кса"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Central German",
      "Central German"
    ],
    [
      "-s",
      "-s#German"
    ],
    [
      "klecken",
      "klecken#German"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nds-de"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German [Term?]",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A German Low German [Term?] and Central German derivative in -s from the now archaic verb klecken (“to splash”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kleckses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecksen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klecks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kleckse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(es)"
      },
      "expansion": "Klecks m (strong, genitive Kleckses or Klecks, plural Kleckse)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(es)"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Klacks"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blot, stain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blot",
          "blot"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blob, dab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blob",
          "blob"
        ],
        [
          "dab",
          "dab"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klɛks/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛks"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Klecks.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/De-Klecks.ogg/De-Klecks.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/De-Klecks.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klecks"
}

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