Klooster

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch Klooster.

Proper noun

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Klooster (plural Kloosters)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Klooster is the 39887th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Klooster is most common among White (97.45%) individuals.

Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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  • (Drenthe) First attested as een huys geheiten ten cloester by coevorden in 1328. Derived from klooster (monastery). The toponym originally referred to a farmhouse located close to a monastery.
  • (Noord-Brabant) First attested as 't Klooster in 1838-1857. Derived from klooster, here used in the dialectal sense of "enclosed farmland".

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Klooster n

  1. A hamlet in Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
  2. A hamlet in Alphen-Chaam, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Low German

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Noun

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Klooster n (plural Kloosters)

  1. cloister, monastery