Kladde

See also: kladde and klädde

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Leemkladde in 1692. Derived from dialectal kladde (“lump of dirty mud, manure”). Compare Klaterbuurt, Klatering, Kletterbuurt, Kleuter and Klundert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑ.də/
• Hyphenation: Klad‧de
• Rhymes: -ɑdə

Proper noun

Kladde n

1. A hamlet in Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German Kladde (“spot, stain”), derived from Middle Low German kladderen (“to soil”). Compare Dutch klad. The standard German sense is probably shortened from a compound, such as attested kladdebuch, that is "book for careless notes".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkladə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Kladde f (genitive Kladde, plural Kladden)

1. notebook, writing pad

   Synonyms: Notizbuch, Notizheft, Heft

   • 1984, Jörg Fauser, chapter 3, in Rohstoff, Berlin: Alexander Verlag, →ISBN, page 18:

     Jetzt würde sich zeigen, ob ich weitergekommen war in all den kalten Nächten mit den flackernden Kerzen, der schnurrenden Katze, dem Sprit auf dem Boden und den Rapidographen, die Kladde um Kladde füllten.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (military) notebook used as a register during collective target practices (of ammunition spent as well as participants’ results)

Declension

Declension of Kladde [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kladde	die	Kladden
genitive	einer	der	Kladde	der	Kladden
dative	einer	der	Kladde	den	Kladden
accusative	eine	die	Kladde	die	Kladden

Derived terms

• Schießkladde