klit

From Old Norse klettr (“crag”). Cognate with Norwegian klett (“cliff, summit”), Scots clett (“rock in the sea, separated from the cliffs on the mainland”), Old English clit, Ancient Greek κλιτύς f (klitús, “hill”). Doublet of klint.

klit c

1. dune

• “klit” in Den Danske Ordbog

• klis

From Middle Dutch clitte. Compare German Klette.

• IPA^(key): /klɪt/

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• Hyphenation: klit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

klit f (plural klitten, diminutive klitje n)

1. (botany) burdock, plant of the genus Arctium
2. (loosely) any plant with burs

• klittenband