Kleve
See also: kleve
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom German Kleve, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff.
Proper noun
editKleve
- A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alternative forms
edit- Cleves (chiefly historical)
Related terms
editTranslations
editTranslations
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from German and Norwegian Kleve.
Proper noun
editKleve (plural Kleves)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kleve is the 35203rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 640 individuals. Kleve is most common among White (97.66%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kleve”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 317.
Anagrams
editGerman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German Cleve, Clive, from Old High German Cliva. The form with -e- follows the local Middle Dutch clēve. Related with Kliff (“cliff”). At a mere 100 m ASL, the town is nevertheless one of the highest points of the region.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKleve n (proper noun, genitive Kleves or (optionally with an article) Kleve)
- Kleve, Cleves (a town and rural district of Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Declension
editDeclension of Kleve [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
editCategories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Old High German
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- en:Towns in Germany
- en:Places in North Rhine-Westphalia
- en:Places in Germany
- English terms borrowed from Norwegian
- English terms derived from Norwegian
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- English surnames from Norwegian
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Middle Dutch
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
- de:Towns in Germany
- de:Districts of North Rhine-Westphalia
- de:Places in North Rhine-Westphalia
- de:Places in Germany
- German uncountable nouns