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Klooster
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klooster
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Klooster.
Proper noun
s
en Dutch.
Statistics
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
Dutch
Etymology
(Drenthe) First attested as een huys geheiten ten cloester by coevorden in 1328. Derived from nl 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 nl klooster, here used in the dialectal sense of "enclosed farmland".
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkloːs.tər/
nl Nl-klooster.ogg
nl Kloos ter
nl oːstər 2
nl klooster
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Coevorden p/Drenthe c/Netherlands
nl hamlet mun/Alphen-Chaam p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
References
Low German
Noun
n Kloosters
cloister, monastery