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Klepper

Klepper proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Klepper (plural Kleppers)

  1. A surname from German.
    1. A surname from Yiddish

Forms of Klepper

pluralKleppers

Origin of Klepper

* As an East German (Silesian) surname, dialectal variant of Klöpfer, Klopfer (“doorknocker”). * Also as a German surname, from the verb klappern (“to chatter”). * As a rare German surname, from the noun Klepper (“nag, old horse”). * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קלעפּן (klepn, “to stick”), for which see kleben.

Questions about Klepper

What does Klepper mean?
Klepper means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Klepper?
Klepper is a proper noun.

Words near Klepper in the dictionary

  1. klepht
  2. klephtic
  3. klephtism
  4. klephts
  5. Kleppe
  6. Klepper
  7. Kleppers
  8. Kleppes
  9. Kleppinger
  10. klepsudra
  11. klepsydra

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