klaff

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

klaff

1. singular imperative of klaffen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of klaffen

Swedish

Etymology

Probably related to klapp, itself borrowed from Middle Low German klap, from Old Saxon klappōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klappōn (“to strike, clap, make a loud sound”).

Noun

klaff c

1. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
   1. a drop-leaf (section of a table that can be folded up and down, or the hinged desktop of a secretary desk (sekretär) or the like)
   2. a leaf (span of a bascule bridge (klaffbro))

      Synonym: broklaff

   3. a flap (on an aircraft wing)

      Synonym: vingklaff

   4. a flap (on a flap valve or the like)
   5. a key, a pad (on a (wood)wind instrument, like a saxophone or a clarinet)
   6. (colloquial) a gob, a trap, a mouth (in the expression håll klaffen)

      Håll klaffen!

      Shut your gob!

2. (anatomy) a valve

   hjärtklaff

   heart valve

   venklaff

   venous valve

   lymfkärlens klaffar

   the valves of the lymphatic vessels

   ileocekalklaff

   ileocecal valve

Declension

Declension of klaff

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klaff	klaffs
	definite	klaffen	klaffens
plural	indefinite	klaffar	klaffars
	definite	klaffarna	klaffarnas

Derived terms

• broklaff
• hjärtklaff
• håll klaffen
• klaffbord
• klaffbro
• klaffventil (“flap valve”)
• venklaff
• vingklaff

Related terms

• klaffa

Descendants

• → Finnish: klahvi

See also

• flik
• magmun
• skiva
• vindbrygga

References

• “klaff”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “klaff”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “klaff”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• klaff in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)