Klaus
German, noun/klaʊ̯s/
Klaus is spelled K-L-A-U-S (5 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written German, the 1,771st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klaus is a German feminine noun meaning “kloyz (private house of study, small synagogue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist an eine Synagoge angeschlossenes Lehrhaus oder angeschlossene Schule, in der Juden ihre Tora- und…”.
What does Klaus mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekloyz (private house of study, small synagogue)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist an eine Synagoge angeschlossenes Lehrhaus oder angeschlossene Schule, in der Juden ihre Tora- und Talmudstudien betreiben können
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Klaus
- Klausen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klaus?
- /klaʊ̯s/
- [kl̥äo̯s]
- [kɫ̥ɑɔ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Klaus in German?
Klaus appears 48 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).