Klei

First attested as in de kleij in 1781. Derived from klei (“clay”). The settlement was built on clay ground.

• IPA^(key): /klɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: Klei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophone: klei

Klei n

1. a hamlet in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands

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

16th c., borrowed from Middle Low German klei, from Old Saxon *klēi, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.

• IPA^(key): /klaɪ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Klei m (strong, genitive Kleies or Kleis, no plural)

1. clay

   Synonyms: Lehm, Ton

2. (in particular) the somewhat dried-out ooze or mud that makes the ground of marshland

• The word is used chiefly in the narrower sense 2, and often in explanatory compounds like Kleiboden.