klang

See also: Klang and kläng

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

German Klang

Noun

klang (plural klangs)

  1. (music) Any periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Verb

klang

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of klingen

Limburgish

Etymology

From klange.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klɑ˦ŋ]

Noun

klang f

  1. temptation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

klang

  1. simple past of klinge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

klang

  1. past tense of klinga

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *tulaːŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *CuqəlaN (bone).

Noun

klang (classifier ƀĕ)

  1. (anatomy) bone

Derived terms

  • klang grưh

References

  • James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58), Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 64

Swedish

Etymology

From klinga, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

klang c

  1. clang (of a bell, metal hitting metal more generally, or the like)
  2. (figuratively) ring, connotations
    ett ord med romantisk klang
    a word with a romantic ring
    ett ord med dålig klang
    a word with bad connotations
  3. timbre, sound, tone (of an instrument, voice, or the like)
    en röst med vacker klang
    a voice with a beautiful timbre

Declension

Declension of klang 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klang klangen klanger klangerna
Genitive klangs klangens klangers klangernas

See also

Verb

klang

  1. (dated) strong conjugation form of klingade, past indicative of klinga

References

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