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Krause
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krause krausē
English
Etymology
en de Krause.
Proper noun
s
en German.
en Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Rene Marsh ‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/musk-doge-staffers-federal-government-downsizing-invs/index.html 2025-02-07 In a letter to lawmakers from a Treasury Department official, the department confirmed Krause has joined Treasury as a “special government employee” – the same designation that applies to Musk – which means he can only work for the government for 130 days or fewer over the next year. https://web.archive.org/web/20250826215717/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/musk-doge-staffers-federal-government-downsizing-invs/index.html 26 August 2025
Derived terms
en Krause's sedge
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Krause is the 1009th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34722 individuals. Krause is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈkraʊ̯zə/
de De-Krause.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Krau se
Etymology 1
Variant of de Kraus curly-haired.
Proper noun
surname
de nicknames
Etymology 2
de From kraus or the other way round?.
Noun
f
de uncountable curliness
de 2012 Wolfgang Weihrauch Gemüsepflanzen 129 Was bedeutet die Krause der Blätter [der Rhabarber]?
ruff neckwear
de Halskrause
Declension
f