Glocke
German
Glocken
Etymology
From Middle High German glocke, glogge, from Old High German klocca, from Late Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).
Cognate with Vilamovian głok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔkə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Glo‧cke; pre-1996: Glok‧ke
Noun
Glocke f (genitive Glocke, plural Glocken, diminutive Glöckchen n or Glöcklein n)
- bell (percussive instrument)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- Alarmglocke
- Dunstglocke
- Florettglocke
- Glasglocke
- Glockenapfel
- Glockenbalken
- Glockenbecher
- Glockenblume
- Glockenbronze
- Glockenform
- Glockengeläut
- Glockengießer
- Glockengießerei
- Glockenguss
- Glockenheide
- Glockenhut
- Glockenklang
- Glockenklöppel
- Glockenkurve
- Glockenläuten
- Glockenmauer
- Glockenrebe
- Glockenrock
- Glockenschlag
- Glockenschwengel
- Glockenspiel
- Glockenstube
- Glockenstuhl
- Glockenton
- Glockentopf
- Glockenturm
- Glockenwand
- Glockenweihe
- Glockenzeichen
- Käseglocke
- Kirchenglocke
- Kirchturmglocke
- Kuhglocke
- Rathausglocke
- Schiffsglocke
- Stundenglocke
- Taucherglocke
- Totenglocke
- Turmglocke
Further reading
- “Glocke” in Duden online
- “Glocke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Glocke”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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