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kluge

/kluːd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
kluge
IPA
/kluːd͡ʒ/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that should not work, but does.

noun

A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

verb

Alternative spelling of kludge.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.) According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge. Compare kludge.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kluges (plural) kluges (present, singular) kluging (participle, present) kluged (participle, past) kluged (past)

Derived Forms

klugey

Synonyms

workaround

Rhymes With

huge scrooge stooge luge cluj juge ruge fuge hooge googe fruge buege

Questions

How do you pronounce kluge?
The recorded pronunciation is /kluːd͡ʒ/.
What does kluge mean?
Something that should not work, but does.
Where does kluge come from?
It is traced to German.

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