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Klaus
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Kláus
English
Proper noun
en male Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Claus.
en Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/news/russia-forum-ceos 2014-05-02 Similarly, Alcoa (AA)CEO Klaus Kleinfeld has also dropped plans to attend, but the company will participate, said spokeswoman Monica Orbe. https://web.archive.org/web/20260217094602/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/news/russia-forum-ceos 17 February 2026
Derived terms
en Klaroline Klausian
Anagrams
en aklsu Lusak Kulas kulas Lukas Sulak Sukla Kalus
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male, a less common spelling of da Claus
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 11 180 males with the given name Klaus (compared to 25 307 named Claus) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Finnish
Etymology
From fi gmh (compare de Klaus), a short form of fi la Nicolaus. Attested in Finland since the Middle Ages. Also later associated with the saint's name la Claudius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi 1840 Kanteletar:3:8 Elinan surma "Eikös muita ylpiöitäkuin on Laukon Klaus Kurki?" -
fi 1971 w:fi:Orvokki Autio Puimakone bulevardilla Kirjayhtymä 62 —Mä katson vain kuvat, vastasi poika. Mä sain tämän lehden lainaan yläkerran Klaussilta, sillä aikaa kun se pelaa pihassa.—Jaa, vai niin, sanoi Saara ja ajatteli, että heti niillä on nimetkin eri sorttia, Klaus. —I'm only checking the photos, the boy replied. I borrowed this magazine from Klaus upstairs as he's playing on the yard.—Oh, I see, Saara said and thought about how already their names are so different, Klaus.
fi Finnish given names
Declension
Klau a
Klaus a 0
Archaic:
Klau a Klaus u
Statistics
dvv_20250813 1882 603 262
dvv_20250813 84
References
Anagrams
fi aklsu kalsu lasku sulka
German
de:
Pronunciation
de /klaʊ̯s/ Germany,typically [kl̥äo̯s] Austria,typically [kɫ̥ɑɔ̯s]
de De-Klaus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aʊ̯s 1
Etymology 1
de Nikolaus.
Alternative forms
de Claus surname, otherwise _ dated
Proper noun
m,':ens:-[with an article],^e:e:-
de male
Proper noun
m:f,':ens:-[with an article],-:ens
de
de 13 November 2025 Katharina Lehle Seltene Krankheit: Waiblinger Familie hofft auf normales Leben für Bennett Waiblinger Kreiszeitung https://www.zvw.de/lokales/waiblingen/seltene-krankheit-waiblinger-familie-hofft-auf-normales-leben-für-bennett_arid-1021062 Das Leben von Familie Klaus ist unplanbar. [...] Und wie bewältigen die Klausens ihren nicht planbaren Alltag? https://web.archive.org/web/20260401162028/https://www.zvw.de/lokales/waiblingen/seltene-krankheit-waiblinger-familie-hofft-auf-normales-leben-f%C3%BCr-bennett_arid-1021062 1 April 2026
Etymology 2
de
Proper noun
toponym
de municipality s/Vorarlberg c/Austria
Etymology 3
de gmh goh gmw-pro
From de yi קלויז. de Klause.
Noun
f
de Judaism kloyz private house of study, small synagogue
de Klausensynagoge
Declension
f