klunga

From Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate of English cling. Compare origin of Danish klynge (“cluster”) and German Klüngel (“clique”). Doublet of klänga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɵŋa/

klunga c

1. huddle, scrum, bunch
2. (cycling) peloton

• folkklunga
• trädklunga
• tätklunga

• hop
• skock

• “klunga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “klunga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “klunga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• klunga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)