Klinke

== German == === Etymology === A Low and Central German word, from Middle Low German and northern Middle High German klinke (“latch”), from Proto-West Germanic *klinku (“latch”). Eventually derived from Proto-Germanic *klinganą, probably through the sense “to cling”, alternatively through the sense “to sound” (English clink, German klingen, compare also Klinge (“blade”)). Cognate with Dutch klink, French clenche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɪŋkə/ === Noun === Klinke f (genitive Klinke, plural Klinken) door handle Synonyms: Türklinke, Schnalle, Türdrücker, Türfalle, Türschnalle (obsolete) latch Synonym: Riegel jack (type of plug or connector) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== klinken Klinken putzen sich die Klinke in die Hand geben === Further reading === “Klinke” in Duden online “Klinke”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)