Klause

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaʊ̯zə/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German klūse, from Old High German klūsa, from Proto-West Germanic *klūsā.[1]

Noun

Klause f (genitive Klause, plural Klausen)

  1. cell in a monastery / convent
    Synonyms: Zelle, Klosterzelle
  2. hermitage (house of a hermit)
    Synonym: Einsiedelei
  3. (informal) a small room or dwelling, usually snug and quiet
    Du hast ja hier oben ’ne ganz nette Klause!
    You have a nice cozy place up here.
  4. (Judaism) alternative form of Klaus (“kloyz”)
  5. (regional) gorge, narrow pass
    Synonyms: Schlucht, Talenge
  6. (regional, now chiefly dialectal) weir, dam, sluice; (by extension) a dammed-up body of water
    Synonyms: Wehr, Damm, Schleuse
Declension
Declension of Klause [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Klause die Klausen
genitive einer der Klause der Klausen
dative einer der Klause den Klausen
accusative eine die Klause die Klausen
Derived terms
  • Klausenfrucht
  • Klausensynyagoge
  • verklausen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Klause

  1. nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Klaus (given name)
    Synonym: Kläuse

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Klause”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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