klocka

From Old Swedish klockæ, from Old Norse klokka, from Late Latin clocca, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Irish clog), from Proto-Indo-European *klēg-, *klōg- (onomatopoeia).

• IPA^(key): /klɔkːa/

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klocka c

1. clock, watch; an instrument used to measure or keep track of time
2. bell; metallic resonating object
3. bell; signal at a school

• (watch): ur

• klockare
• klockslag
• klocksträng
• kyrkklocka
• ringklocka

klocka (present klockar, preterite klockade, supine klockat, imperative klocka)

1. to time, to measure time; e.g. how fast a runner runs a distance
2. to clock, to synchronize using a clock or clock pulses

• klockning
• överklocka