Kleve

From German Kleve, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff.

Kleve

1. A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

• Cleves (chiefly historical)

• Kleverlandish

Borrowed from German and Norwegian Kleve.

Kleve (plural Kleves)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kleve is the 35203^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 640 individuals. Kleve is most common among White (97.66%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kleve”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 317.

• kevel

• Cleve (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːvə/

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• Hyphenation: Kle‧ve

Kleve n (proper noun, genitive Kleves or (optionally with an article) Kleve)

1. Kleve, Cleves (a town and rural district of Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

• Klever
  • Kleverin
• klevisch