# Klaus
## English
### Proper noun

Klaus
* A male given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Claus.

### Anagrams

* Lusak, Kulas, kulas, Lukas, Sulak, Sukla, Kalus

## Danish
### Proper noun

Klaus
* a male given name, a less common spelling of Claus

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 11 180 males with the given name Klaus (compared to 25 307 named Claus) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Contraction of Latin Nicolaus borrowed from Germany in the Middle Ages.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklɑu̯s/, [ˈklɑ̝u̯s̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑus
* Syllabification: Klaus

### Proper noun

Klaus
* a male given name
** 1840, Kanteletar:3:8 Elinan surma:"Eikös muita ylpiöitä kuin on Laukon Klaus Kurki?"
** 1971, Orvokki Autio, Puimakone bulevardilla, Kirjayhtymä, page 62:—Mä katson vain kuvat, vastasi poika. Mä sain tämän lehden lainaan yläkerran Klaussilta, sillä aikaa kun se pelaa pihassa. —Jaa, vai niin, sanoi Saara ja ajatteli, että heti niillä on nimetkin eri sorttia, Klaus.—I'm only checking the photos, the boy replied. I borrowed this magazine from Klaus upstairs as he's playing on the yard. —Oh, I see, Saara said and thought about how already their names are so different, Klaus.
* a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

#### Declension

modern declensions:
Possessive forms of Klaus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
Possessive forms of Klaus (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
archaic:
Possessive forms of Klaus (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) :

#### Statistics

* Klaus is the 253rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,878 male individuals (and as a middle name to 592 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
* The surname Klaus belongs to 85 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* kalsu, lasku, sulka

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /klaʊs/, [kl̥äo̯s]
* IPA: [kɫ̥ɑɔ̯s] (Austrian German)
* Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

### Etymology 1

Related to Latin Nīcolāus

#### Alternative forms

* Claus (dated)

#### Proper noun

Klaus (genitive Klausens or Klaus' or Klaus)
* a male given name from Nikolaus

#### Proper noun

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Klaus m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Klaus' or (with an article) Klaus, feminine genitive Klaus, plural Klaus or Klausens)
* a surname

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Klaus n (proper noun, genitive Klaus' or (with an article) Klaus)
* A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria

### Etymology 3

Related to Latin clausa

#### Noun

Klaus f (genitive Klaus, plural Klausen)
* kloyz (private house of study, small synagogue)

##### Related terms

* Klause f
* Klausensynagoge f