klaff

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klaff

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

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”).

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

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

• klaffa

• flik
• magmun
• skiva
• vindbrygga

• klaff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klaff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klaff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• klaff in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)