English Explanatory Dictionary

Kloss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Kloss Klosses

Etymology

* 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.

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