klinga

• IPA^(key): /²klɪŋːɑ/

• klinge

klinga (present tense kling, past tense klang, past participle klunge, passive infinitive klingast, present participle klingande, imperative kling)

1. to ring out (make a sound like a bell)
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Smaa klokkor kunna og klinga.

     Small bells can also ring.

2. to sound like

klinga f

1. definite singular of klinge

• “klinga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Klinge.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkliŋ.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -iŋɡa
• Syllabification: klin‧ga

klinga f

1. blade (e.g. of a sword)

   Synonyms: brzeszczot, głownia

• klinga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• klinga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Krystyna Kubalska-Sulkiewicz, Monika Bielksa-Łach, Anna Manteuffel-Szarota, editors (2003), “klinga”, in Słownik terminologiczny sztuk pięknych [Terminological dictionary of the fine arts]‎^[1] (in Polish), 4 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, archived from the original on 11 February 2023, page 188

• IPA^(key): /²klɪŋa/, [²kl̪ɪŋːa]
• Rhymes: -²ɪŋa
• Hyphenation: kling‧a

From German Klinge. Cognate with English clink.

klinga c

1. a blade (of a larger cutting or stabbing weapon or tool, like a sword, axe, or saw)

   Synonym: (blade generally) blad

• svärdsklinga
• sågklinga

From Old Swedish klinga, from Middle Low German klingen, from Old Saxon klingen, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with English clink.

klinga (present klingar, preterite klingade, supine klingat, imperative klinga)

1. to ring, to sound

   Orden klingade falskt

   His words rang false

   Körens stämmor klingade vackert

   The choir's harmonies rang out beautifully

2. (in the present participle "klingande") having a pleasant, harmonious sound

   ett klingande skratt

   a ringing laugh

3. to clink, to chink

   klinga i glasen

   clink glasses [when toasting]

4. (of coins or the like) to jingle

   i klingande mynt

   in hard cash

   (literally, “in jingling coins [idiomatic – see also hårdvaluta]”)

5. (of a bell or the like) to ring

   Synonym: (less focus on the sound) ringa

   klingande klockor

   ringing bells

• klinga av
• klinga ut

• klirra
• klämta
• pingla
• ringa

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