Klee

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klee, from Old High German chlēo, from Proto-West Germanic *klaiw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kleː/
Rhymes: -eː
Audio (file)

Noun

Klee m (strong, genitive Klees, no plural)

clover

Declension

Declension of Klee [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Klee
genitive	eines	des	Klees
dative	einem	dem	Klee
accusative	einen	den	Klee

Derived terms

Further reading

“Klee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Limburgish

Alternative forms

kleë (Veldeke spelling)
Klee̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
Kleer, Klea (variation spellings)
Klie

Etymology

From Old Limburgish klīa, from Proto-Germanic *klīwō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to smear, to glue”). Compare German Kleie (see there for more).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkleə̯/, [ˈkleːə̯]
Rhymes: -eə̯

Noun

Klee f (plural Klee) (German-based spelling)

(Southeast Limburgish) bran

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