# Kleve

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

## Etymology
From German Kleve, from Old High German Cleve, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klibą (“cliff”). Cognate with English cliff.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kleve