# Kaiser
## English
### Alternative forms

* kaiser
* keasar (obsolete)
* kesar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kayser, from Old High German keisar (“emperor”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz. The native Old English descendant of that Proto-Germanic word was cāser (“emperor”), but the shape of Middle English kayser (“emperor”) (versus the expected *caser, *coser) suggests it was borrowed from another Germanic language rather than inherited, and the modern English spelling and sense seem to be modified after modern German rather than a direct continuation of Middle English. Compare tsar, which was borrowed from Slavic.
Doublet of Caesar and tsar.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkaɪzə(ɹ)/
* (US) IPA: /ˈkaɪzɚ/
* Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)
* Homophone: Caesar (Latinate)

### Noun

Kaiser (plural Kaisers)
* An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
* (by extension) Any emperor or autocrat, or one who attempts to be one.
** 1915, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 26, page 444:And Black Ivo is a veritable Kaiser.
** 1916, The Provocation of France, page 147:[…] that President Poincare, the first servant of France, is still Louis XIV, the former War-Lord, the Kaiser of France […]
** 1919, Far Eastern Political Science Review - Volume 1, page 49:Senator Sherman vigorously assailed the Shantung agreement, declaring that it would make the Mikado a veritable Kaiser of the Far East and alienate the sympathies of the 400,000,000 Chinese – from the people of the United States.
** 1929, Through the Leaves, page 489:[…] which, from the banking point of view, the National City Bank is a veritable kaiser.
* A Kaiser roll: a round, pinwheel-shaped roll.

#### Derived terms

* Kaiser-Wilhelmsland

#### Translations
### Proper noun

Kaiser
* A surname.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Kaiser is the 1,039th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 33,480 individuals. Kaiser is most common among White (93.15%) individuals.

### References

* ↑ “caiser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Kaiser”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* ↑ “Kaiser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ “Kaiser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Anagrams

* Arkies

## Cebuano
### Etymology

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From English Kaiser, from German Kaiser, which see.

### Proper noun

Kaiser
* a male given name from English [in turn from German]

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkaɪsɛr]

### Proper noun

Kaiser m anim (female equivalent Kaiserová)
* a male surname from German

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Kaiser”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
* Moldanová, Dobrava (2019) Naše příjmení [Our surnames] (in Czech), 5th edition, Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 79

## German
### Alternative forms

* Kayser, Käiser, Käyser, Keiser, Keyser (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaɪ̯zər/, [ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Kai‧ser

### Noun

Kaiser m (strong, genitive Kaisers, plural Kaiser, feminine Kaiserin)
* emperor (ruler of certain monarchies; highest monarch)

#### Derived terms

* Kaiser von China
* Kaiserkrone
* kaiserlich
* Kaiserreich
* Kaisersemmel
* kaisertreu
* Kaisertum

#### Descendants

* → Russian: ка́йзер (kájzer, kájzɛr)
* → Upper Sorbian: kejžor

### Proper noun

Kaiser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kaisers or (with an article) Kaiser, feminine genitive Kaiser, plural Kaisers or Kaiser)
* a common surname

### Proper noun

der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)
* (soccer, colloquial) nickname of Franz Beckenbauer
** 2024 February 27, Gerald Fricke, “Der Beckenbavatar”, in taz‎:In Mexiko kam der virtuelle Beckenbauer aber noch nicht zum Einsatz, wegen der dünnen Luft („Montezumas Rache“). Und aus Datenschutzgründen nicht bei der Heim-EM 1988 in Deutschland. Einen ersten unbemerkten Kurzzeiteinsatz des Kaisers als Hologramm gab es bei der WM 1990, im Spiel der Deutschen gegen die Tschechoslowakei (1:0).(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* ↑ “Kaiser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

### Further reading

* “Kaiser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Kaiser” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Kaiser” in Duden online
* Kaiser on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

### Anagrams

* Karies

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From German Kaiser.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰaɪ̯sa/
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯sa
* Syllabification: Kai‧ser

### Noun

Kaiser m (plural Kaiser)
* emperor
    Do kommd de Kaiser!Here comes the emperor!

### References

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Kaiser”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 86