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Kloss

Kloss proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Kloss (plural Klosses)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of Kloss

pluralKlosses

Origin of Kloss

* As a German surname Klöss, from the personal name Kloss, shortened from Nikolaus. Compare Klos. * Also as a German surname, from the noun Kloß (“lump, block”). * Also Germanized from several of Slavic surnames, such as Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos, all meaning "ear or spike of cereal;" see also Klos.

Questions about Kloss

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

Words near Kloss in the dictionary

  1. Klos
  2. Klose
  3. Kloses
  4. Klosowski
  5. Klosowskis
  6. Kloss
  7. Kloss's gibbon
  8. Kloss's gibbons
  9. Klosses
  10. Klossner
  11. Klossners

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