Klaue

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklaʊ̯ə/ Hyphenation: Klau‧e === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German klāwe, from Old High German klāwa, from Proto-Germanic *klēwō. Immediately cognate with Luxembourgish Klo, Westphalian Low German Klao(we), West Frisian klei, and possibly Dutch klauw. Also related with English claw (from Proto-Germanic *klawō) and Danish klo (from *klōwō). ==== Noun ==== Klaue f (genitive Klaue, plural Klauen, diminutive Kläuchen n or Kläulein n) claw, talon Synonym: Kralle cloven hoof (figurative, chiefly in the plural) control den Klauen des Todes entweichen ― to escape the claws of death jemanden in den Klauen haben ― to have someone in one's claws jemandem in die Klauen fallen ― to fall in someone's claws (slang, chiefly derogatory, figurative) hand Synonyms: Kralle, Flosse, Pfote Nimm deine schmutzigen Klauen weg! ― Take your filthy claws away! (slang, derogatory) chicken scratch (poor handwriting) Synonyms: (Austria) Kraxe, Sauklaue part of hook-like shape, especially with the purpose of grasping, gripping triangular recess at the junction of two beams a projection on a machine part which, when engaged or engaged in a correspondingly shaped recess in another machine part, makes a detachable connection with the latter ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Dreiklauer Kieferklauenträger === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from klauen. ==== Noun ==== Klaue f (genitive Klaue, no plural) stealing auf Klaue gehen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Klaue” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Klaue”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Klaue (Kralle, Handschrift, Bauteil)” in Duden online “Klaue (Diebstahl)” in Duden online