Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US, derogatory)A clumsy or stupid person.

    (ungehobelter) Klotz, Trampel, Tollpatsch

    недотёпаnedotjópa, неуме́хаneuméxa, простофи́ляprostofílja

    незгра́баnezhrába, те́лепеньtélepenʹ, вайло́vajló

    (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I'm such a klutz.

    Я такий недотепа.

    ruЯ такой неуклюжий.

    deIch bin so ein Tollpatsch.

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  2. Tom is a klutz.

    Том — тюхтій.

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  3. I know Tom is a klutz.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том — недотёпа.

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  4. I feel like such a klutz.

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  5. I know that Tom is a klutz.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том — недотёпа.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
a clumsy or stupid person:
Русский
a clumsy or stupid person:
Deutsch
a clumsy or stupid person:

Origin

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump

From Yiddish קלאָץ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz (“block, lump”). Doublet of clot and clod.

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