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KLAUS

"KLAUS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a victory of the people".

Date "KLAUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references)


Specialty Definition: KLAUS

DomainDefinition

Literature

Klaus (Peter). The prototype of Rip Van Winkle, whose sleep lasted twenty years. Pronounce Klows. (See Santa Klaus .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: KLAUS

Specialty definitions using "KLAUS": FoolsOwlglass. (references)

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Modern Usage: KLAUS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh, by the way, is old Klaus Burger still alive? (Funeral in Berlin; writing credit: Len Deighton; Evan Jones)

But is old man Klaus still alive? (Funeral in Berlin; writing credit: Len Deighton; Evan Jones)

Movie/TV Titles

Der Kleine und der große Klaus (1972)

Store Klaus og lille Klaus (1930)

Lille Klaus og store Klaus (1913)

Die Erika und Klaus Mann Story (2000)

Store Klaus og lille Lars (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: KLAUS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Klaus Pinter : Zer-Schnitte : Arbeiten 1986-87 : Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Österreich Galerie im Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, [und] Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Blau-Gelbe Galerie in der Minoritenkirch Krems-Stein (reference)

  • Text Und Textwert Der Griechischen Handschriften Des Neun Testaments IV: Band 1.2 Resultate Der Kollation Und Hauptliste Sowie Erganzungsliste Klaus Wachtel and Klaus Witte ; Edited by Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland (Arbeiten Zur Neutestamentlichen Textfors (reference)

  • Mein Abenteuer bin ich : Hans-Dieter Schèutt im Gesprèach mit Isabelle Adjani, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Harry Kupfer, Sting, Klaus Lèowitsch, Werner Schneyder, Thomas Langhoff, Rigoberta Menchâu, Bernardo Bertolucci, Heino Falcke, Andrea Breth, Klaus Poche, Istvâ (reference)

  • Der Prozess gegen Klaus Croissant : Erklärungen, Anträge, Dokumente (reference)

  • Diflunisal in clinical practice : proceedings of a special symposium held at the XIV Congress of Rheumatology, chairman, Klaus Miehlke (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (reference)

  • Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: KLAUS

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Figure 14. W. F. Ewald's and K. Grein's photometer. Left: view of the apparatus. Right (from top to bottom): messenger container; removable photographic plates; removable filters. This instrument was designed by Wolfgang F. Ewald with the aid of Klaus Green. It was first tested off Capri and put to the definitive tests off Monaco in up to 500 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 15. K. Grein's photometer invented and made by Klaus Green in 1912 as part of a series of photometers devised in collaboration with Wolfgang Ewald. This instrument was first tested from the EIDER in 1913 between 500 meters water depth. As a result of these tests, Grein began studies of the penetration of ultra-violet light into the sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 55. Electric lamp invented by the Austrian Klaus Grein in 1912. This lamp was used on the EIDER in 1912 to attract fish at depths from 0 to 800 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Activities of the SS-Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler Division during the campaign in Poland, September 1-29, 1939] / Klaus Weill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lesung, Klaus Staeck liest aus Gerichtsurteilen in eigener Sache ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Klaus Theweleit : Mannerphantasien. Credit: Library of Congress.

Klaus Staeck, Plakate abreissen verboten! : politische Plakate im Bundestagswahlkampf 72 ... Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: KLAUS

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Economic History

Czech Republic

Most influential was the Civic Democratic Party, headed by former Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus. (references)

Czech Republic

In the latter half of 1992, Klaus and Meciar hammered out an agreement that the two republics would go their separate ways by the end of the year. (references)

Denmark

Among today's Danish writers, probably the most well-known to American readers is Peter Hoeg (Smilla's Sense of Snow; Borderliners) and the most prolific is Klaus Rifbjerg--poet, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. (references)

Political Economy

Czech Rep

The main opposition party is the right-of-center Civic Democratic Party (ODS), headed by former Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: KLAUS

"KLAUS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "KLAUS" is used about 255 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)93.33%23819,410
Noun (plural)5.1%1397,576
Unclassified Items1.57%4175,879
                    Total100.00%255N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: KLAUS

The following table summarizes the usage of "KLAUS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
KlausLast name2,0006,911
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: KLAUS

"KLAUS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a victory of the people".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "KLAUS."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
NikolaosMaleAncient GreekNicholas
NikolaiMaleBulgarianNicholas
NikolinaFemaleBulgarianNicholas
NikolaMaleCroatianNicholas
MikolásMaleCzechNicholas
MikulásMaleCzechNicholas
NielsMaleDanishNicholas
KlaasMaleDutchNicholas
NielsMaleDutchNicholas
NikolaasMaleDutchNicholas
NicMaleEnglishNicholas
NicholasMaleEnglishN/A
NickMaleEnglishNicholas
NickolasMaleEnglishNicholas
NickyMale, FemaleEnglishNicholas
NicolaFemaleEnglishNicholas
NicoleFemaleEnglishNicholas
NikolasMaleEnglishNicholas
NichjoMaleEsperantoNicholas
NikolaoMaleEsperantoNicholas
LaunoMaleFinnishNicholas
NiiloMaleFinnishNicholas
NikoMaleFinnishNicholas
NicholasMaleFrenchN/A
NicolasMaleFrenchNicholas
NicoleFemaleFrenchNicholas
NicoletteFemaleFrenchNicholas
KlaesMaleFrisianNicholas
ClausMaleGermanNicholas
KlaasMaleGermanNicholas
KlausMaleGermanNicholas
NickolausMaleGermanNicholas
NiklausMaleGermanNicholas
NikolausMaleGermanNicholas
NikolaosMaleGreekNicholas
NikolasMaleGreekNicholas
NikoletaFemaleGreekNicholas
MiklósMaleHungarianNicholas
NikolaMaleHungarianNicholas
NioclásMaleIrishNicholas
NiccolòMaleItalianNicholas
NicoMaleItalianNicholas
NicolòMaleItalianNicholas
NicolaMaleItalianNicholas
NicolettaFemaleItalianNicholas
MikolajMalePolishNicholas
NicolauMalePortugueseNicholas
NeculaiMaleRomanianNicholas
NicolaeMaleRomanianNicholas
NicoletaFemaleRomanianNicholas
NikolaiMaleRussianNicholas
NeacelMaleScottishNicholas
NicolMaleScottishNicholas
NikolaMaleSerbianNicholas
MikolásMaleSlovakNicholas
NicolásMaleSpanishNicholas
NicolaoMaleSpanishNicholas
NicolasaFemaleSpanishNicholas
NiklasMaleSwedishNicholas
NilsMaleSwedishNicholas
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: KLAUS

Expressions using "KLAUS": Emil Klaus Julius Fuchs Klaus Fuchs. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "KLAUS": Klaus-jurgen, klaus-meciar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KLAUS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

klaus kobec

222

heideggers kiehls klaus shampoo

10

klaus nomi

99

allsport everyday heideggers kiehls klaus shampoo

10

klaus kobec watch

69

heideggers kiehls klaus product sport

10

klaus kinski

52

allsport cleanser hair heideggers klaus rinse

10

klaus schulze

49

allsport cleanser hair heideggers kiehls klaus rin

10

klaus

46

allsport body cleanser heideggers klaus rinse

10

badelt klaus

32

heideggers klaus pr resistant skin sport water

10

klaus barbie

31

allsport cleansin heideggers kiehls klaus swimmer

10

klaus maria brandauer

27

allsport cream foot heideggers klaus

10

couture klaus kobec sports

13

allsport everyday heideggers klaus shampoo

10

klaus vaclav

13

allsport face heideggers kiehls klaus protector

10

klaus peggy

12

allsport heideggers klaus muscle rub

10

klaus wunderlich

12

allsport heideggers klaus pro resistant skin water

10

fuchs klaus

12

allsport cleansing heideggers klaus rinse swimmer

10

heideggers klaus shampoo

11

allsport heideggers klaus protector skin

10

bulow klaus von

11

allsport body cleanser heideggers kiehls klaus rin

10

klaus watch

10

allsport face heideggers klaus protector

9

allsport heideggers kiehls klaus muscle rub

10

ian klaus

9

allsport heideggers kiehls klaus resistant s water

10

klaus heidegger

9

allsport heideggers kiehls klaus protector skin

10

klaus polly

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: KLAUS

Language Translations for "KLAUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Manx

  

Noo Niglus (Santa Klaus). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ausklay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: KLAUS

Misspellings

"KLAUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kalabu, Kalu, Kau, Kauf, Kausu, Kelihues, Kilrush, Kilusan, Klaas, Klas, Klauhs, Klees, Kljuc, Kljusev, Kloos, Klos, Knaus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: KLAUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-k-l-s-u"

-1 letter: auks, saul, skua, sulk.

-2 letters: als, ask, auk, kas, las, sal, sau, ska.

-3 letters: al, as, ka, la, us.

 Words containing the letters "a-k-l-s-u"
 

+1 letter: baulks, caulks, kulaks, saluki, taluks.

 

+2 letters: auklets, kaliums, mamluks, sackful, salukis, talukas, walkups.

 

+3 letters: blauboks, bulkages, bulwarks, caulkers, karakuls, larkspur, leukomas, mudlarks, outtalks, outwalks, rackfuls, sackfuls, sacksful, skullcap, souvlaki, tankfuls, uncloaks, unslaked, walkouts, yamulkas.

 

+4 letters: backhauls, basketful, baulkiest, blackgums, blackouts, bluejacks, bucktails, bulkheads, caulkings, ducktails, duckwalks, fullbacks, kabeljous, keelhauls, kilobauds, kilogauss, larkspurs, leukemias, lunkheads, mamelukes, maulstick, molluskan, multitask, outflanks, pullbacks, skullcaps, souvlakia, souvlakis, sparkplug, unshackle, yarmulkes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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