English

Noun

kloof ‎(plural kloofs)

1. (South Africa) A glen; a ravine
   • 1901, William Thomas Black, The Fish River bush, South Africa, and its wild animals

     Forming the south boundary of the valley is a range of disrupted bushy hills, with intervening deep and rugged kloofs and ravines, which constituted the retreat of Jan Pockbaas and his rebel banditti.

Derived terms

• kloofing

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloːf/
• Rhymes: -oːf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clove.

Noun

kloof f ‎(plural kloven, diminutive kloofje n)

1. gap, gorge, ravine

Derived terms

• kloofdal
• taalkloof

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

kloof

1. first-person singular present indicative of kloven
2. imperative of kloven

Verb

kloof

1. singular past indicative of klieven

Verb

kloof

1. singular past indicative of kluiven