Glocke

== German == === Alternative forms === Gloke (obsolete) === 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 and English clock. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔkə/ 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Greater Polish: gloka → Kashubian: gloka === Further reading === “Glocke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “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 == Pennsylvania German == === Noun === Glocke plural of Glock