See also: kaiser, káiser, and kàiser

English

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Wilhelm II - the last Kaiser of Germany from 1888 until his abdication in 1918.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English kayser, from Old High German keisar (emperor), from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz. The native Old English descendant of that Proto-Germanic word was cāser (emperor), but the shape of Middle English kayser (emperor) (versus the expected *caser, *coser) suggests it was borrowed from another Germanic language rather than inherited, and the modern English spelling and sense seem to be modified after modern German rather than a direct continuation of Middle English.[1][2][3][4] Compare tsar, which was borrowed from Slavic.

Doublet of Caesar and tsar.

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Kaiser (plural Kaisers)

  1. An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
  2. (by extension) Any emperor or autocrat, or one who attempts to be one.
    • 1915, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 26, page 444:
      And Black Ivo is a veritable Kaiser.
    • 1916, The Provocation of France, page 147:
      [] that President Poincare, the first servant of France, is still Louis XIV, the former War-Lord, the Kaiser of France []
    • 1919, Far Eastern Political Science Review - Volume 1, page 49:
      Senator Sherman vigorously assailed the Shantung agreement, declaring that it would make the Mikado a veritable Kaiser of the Far East and alienate the sympathies of the 400,000,000 Chinese – from the people of the United States.
    • 1929, Through the Leaves, page 489:
      [] which, from the banking point of view, the National City Bank is a veritable kaiser.
  3. A Kaiser roll: a round, pinwheel-shaped roll.

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Kaiser

  1. A surname.

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kaiser is the 1,039th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 33,480 individuals. Kaiser is most common among White (93.15%) individuals.

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  1. ^ caiser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  3. ^ Kaiser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. ^ Kaiser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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Cebuano

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From English Kaiser, from German Kaiser, which see.

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Kaiser

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from German]

Czech

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Kaiser m anim (female equivalent Kaiserová)

  1. a male surname from German

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Further reading

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  • Kaiser”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
  • Moldanová, Dobrava (2019) Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 79

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (emperor),[1] borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ̯zər/, [ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kai‧ser

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Kaiser m (strong, genitive Kaisers, plural Kaiser, feminine Kaiserin)

  1. emperor (ruler of certain monarchies; highest monarch)

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Descendants

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  • Russian: ка́йзер (kájzer, kájzɛr)
  • Upper Sorbian: kejžor

Proper noun

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Kaiser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kaisers or (with an article) Kaiser, feminine genitive Kaiser, plural Kaisers or Kaiser)

  1. a common surname

Proper noun

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der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)

  1. (soccer, colloquial) nickname of Franz Beckenbauer
    • 2024 February 27, Gerald Fricke, “Der Beckenbavatar”, in taz[1]:
      In Mexiko kam der virtuelle Beckenbauer aber noch nicht zum Einsatz, wegen der dünnen Luft („Montezumas Rache“). Und aus Datenschutzgründen nicht bei der Heim-EM 1988 in Deutschland. Einen ersten unbemerkten Kurzzeiteinsatz des Kaisers als Hologramm gab es bei der WM 1990, im Spiel der Deutschen gegen die Tschechoslowakei (1:0).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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  1. ^ Kaiser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From German Kaiser.

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Noun

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Kaiser m (plural Kaiser)

  1. emperor
    Do kommd de Kaiser!
    Here comes the emperor!

References

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  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Kaiser”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 86
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