klang

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

German Klang

Noun[edit]

klang (plural klangs)

  1. (music) Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb[edit]

klang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of klingen

Limburgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From klange.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

klang f

  1. temptation

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

klang

  1. simple past of klinge

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

klang

  1. past tense of klinga

Rade[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Chamic *tulaːŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN (bone).

Noun[edit]

klang (classifier ƀĕ)

  1. (anatomy) bone

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References[edit]

  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From klinga, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

klang c

  1. clang (of a bell, metal hitting metal more generally, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) ring, connotations
    ett ord med romantisk klang
    a word with a romantic ring
    ett ord med dålig klang
    a word with bad connotations
  3. timbre, sound, tone (of an instrument, voice, or the like)
    en röst med vacker klang
    a voice with a beautiful timbre

Declension[edit]

Declension of klang 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klang klangen klanger klangerna
Genitive klangs klangens klangers klangernas

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Verb[edit]

klang

  1. (dated) strong conjugation form of klingade, past indicative of klinga

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