Kleve

See also: kleve

English

Etymology 1

From German Kleve.

Proper noun

Kleve

1. A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Alternative forms

• Cleves (chiefly historical)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German and Norwegian Kleve.

Proper noun

Kleve (plural Kleves)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kleve is the 35203^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 640 individuals. Kleve is most common among White (97.66%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kleve”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 317.

Anagrams

• kevel

German

Alternative forms

• Cleve (obsolete)

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːvə/

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• Hyphenation: Kle‧ve

Proper noun

Kleve n (proper noun, genitive Kleves or (optionally with an article) Kleve)

1. Kleve, Cleves (a town and rural district of Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)