Chlooschter
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Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German klōstar, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *clostrum, Medieval Latin claustrum. Cognate with German Kloster.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Chlooschter n (plural Chlooschter)
- monastery, abbey; nunnery
- 1987, Hans Schärer, ‘Oises Chlooschter’, Chrüütli us em Chlooschter-Gaarte:
- Waa wär Muri oni Chlooschter? / Dänk es Doorf wie anderi au!
- What would Muri be without its abbey? Just a town like any other!
References[edit]
- “Chlōster”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume III, 1885–2020, column 700
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