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Kaiser

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.

Alternative forms

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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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Proper noun

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Kaiser

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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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.

References

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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.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English Kaiser, from German Kaiser, which see.

Proper noun

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Kaiser

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

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Kaiser m anim (female equivalent Kaiserová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

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Declension of Kaiser (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Kaiser Kaiserové
genitive Kaisera Kaiserů
dative Kaiserovi Kaiserům
accusative Kaisera Kaisery
vocative Kaisere Kaiserové
locative Kaiserovi Kaiserech
instrumental Kaiserem Kaisery

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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Alternative forms

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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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

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Declension of Kaiser [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kaiser die Kaiser
genitive eines des Kaisers der Kaiser
dative einem dem Kaiser den Kaisern
accusative einen den Kaiser die Kaiser

Derived terms

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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).
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References

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  1. ^ “Kaiser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From German Kaiser.

Pronunciation

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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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