klopp

== German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === klopp singular imperative of kloppen (colloquial) first-person singular present of kloppen == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === (all senses): klopping === Etymology === Probably from Old Norse klǫpp. Attested by Christen Jensøn (1646), Erik Pontoppidan (1749), Søren Richart Hagerup (1770-s) and Jacob Nicolai Wilse (1780), in all cases written with a single p because of Danish spelling rules. Also attested in Danish text of Gerhard Schøning in his description of Norwegian countryside (1774). Probably not etymologically related to English clapper bridge. === Noun === klopp f (definite singular kloppa, indefinite plural klopper, definite plural kloppene) A puncheon (a narrow bridge over a narrow creek made of a plank (or more planks set parallel to each other)) Synonyms: kavlebru, plankebru stairs up to a door of a hut, stabbur or shed (rare) duckboards Synonyms: flåkkå, kavleveg, plankesti === References === “klopp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “klopp” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring Torleiv Hannaas (1915), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 43 Erik Pontoppidan (1749), Glossarium Norvagicum (in Danish) J.N. Wilse (1780), Norſk Ordbog eller Samling af norſke Ord, i ſær de ſom bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg (in Danish) Jan Ragnar Hagland (1986), Trønderord frå 1700-talet : Ordsamling frå Surnadal (in Norwegian), page 41