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klant

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch klant, from Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin calēre (“to be hot”).

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Noun

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klant (plural klante)

  1. customer, client
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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch calant (“person, friend”), from Old Northern French calant (compare regular Old French chalant), from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”), from Latin caleō (“to be hot”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /klɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: klant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

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klant m (plural klanten, diminutive klantje n, feminine klante)

  1. customer, client
    Synonym: (with service providers) cliënt
    De klant is altijd koning in deze winkel.
    The customer is always king in this store.
  2. chap, bloke
    Hij is een aardige klant die vaak hier komt.
    He's a nice chap who comes here often.

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: klant
  • → West Frisian: klant

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Swedish

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Noun

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klant c

  1. someone who has blundered (made a clumsy or embarrassing mistake) or who regularly blunders; a blunderer, a "klutz" (in an extended sense that includes being klutzy in non-physical ways)
    Synonym: (stronger) klantarsel
    Jag satte in pengarna på fel konto. Jag är en sån klant!
    I deposited the money in the wrong account. I'm such an idiot (blunderer)!
    Nu tappade du tallrikarna igen din klant!
    Now you dropped the plates again you klutz (blunderer)!

Declension

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Declension of klant
nominative genitive
singular indefinite klant klants
definite klanten klantens
plural indefinite klantar klantars
definite klantarna klantarnas

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