# die Klette

die Klette is a German noun meaning “burdock”. Forms: der Klette, die Kletten.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Klette
- Plural: die Kletten

## In other languages

- Русский: ботан. репейник, лопушник, репей

## Meanings

1. burdock
2. a bur (a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing)
3. _figurative_ a clingy person

## Examples

- Kletten verbreiten sich, indem sie ihre Samenkapseln an das Fell von Tieren anheften. — Bur plants spread through their seed capsules sticking to the fur of animals.
- Immer wenn ich bei ihnen hineinschneie, hängen sie dauernd wie die Kletten an mir. — Every time I drop in to visit, they constantly get in my hair.

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