See also: klonen and klønen

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Low German. Further origin unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkløːnən/
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Verb

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klönen (weak, third-person singular present klönt, past tense klönte, past participle geklönt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany) to chat
    Synonyms: quatschen, schnacken, schwätzen, schwatzen, unterhalten

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “klönen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • klönen” in Duden online
  • klönen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache