Kleve
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Kleve
- A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Alternative forms[edit]
- Cleves (chiefly historical)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from German and Norwegian Kleve.
Proper noun[edit]
Kleve (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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 317.
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Kleve 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)
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- en:Places in Germany
- English terms borrowed from Norwegian
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- 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
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- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German proper nouns
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- de:Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia
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- de:Districts of North Rhine-Westphalia
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- de:Places in Germany