klint

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Danish

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Møns Klint, chalk cliffs.

Etymology

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Likely borrowed from German Low German Klint. Doublet of klit. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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klint

  1. a bluff; a cliff; a very steep incline at a coast

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Old Swedish klinter (mountaintop), from Old Norse klettr (rock). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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klint

  1. A cliff.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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klint

  1. supine of kline

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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klint

  1. supine of klina