klus

See also: Klus, kļūs, kłus, Kłus, and Kłuś

Czech

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Etymology

Deverbal from klusat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklus]

Noun

klus m inan

1. trot

Declension

Declension of klus (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klus	klusy
genitive	klusu	klusů
dative	klusu	klusům
accusative	klus	klusy
vocative	kluse	klusy
locative	klusu	klusech
instrumental	klusem	klusy

Related terms

• klusat

Further reading

• “klus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klʏs/

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Etymology 1

Back-formation from klusje, itself from earlier klutsje, diminutive of kluts, from the verb klutsen (“to stir, mix”, also “to hammer, timber”).

Noun

klus m (plural klussen, diminutive klusje n)

1. task
2. odd job

Derived terms

• gigaklus
• klusjesman
• klussen
• kutklus
• megaklus
• rotklus
• shitklus
• superklus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

klus

1. inflection of klussen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “klus²”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Czech klus, Slovene kljusati (“to amble”), dialectal Serbo-Croatian кљусати/kljusati (whence кљусе/kljuse (“nag”)), Old East Slavic клюся (kljusja, “foal”), dialectal Bulgarian клюсе (kljuse, “young horse”). Non-Slavic cognates include Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ushlaupan, “jump up”), German laufen and according to Matzenauer as quoted by Skok - Old High German hrys ( > German Roß) and Old Norse hryssa (“mare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klus]

Noun

klus m inan

1. trot
2. jug, lope

Declension

Declension of klus
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	klus	klusy
genitive	klusu	klusov
dative	klusu	klusom
accusative	klus	klusy
locative	kluse	klusoch
instrumental	klusom	klusmi

Related terms

• poklus
• klusať

Further reading

• “klus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025