Kaiser

• kaiser
• keasar (obsolete)
• kesar (obsolete)

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.[1][2][3][4] Compare tsar, which was borrowed from Slavic.

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

Kaiser (plural Kaisers)

1. 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.
2. (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.

3. A Kaiser roll.

Kaiser

1. A surname.

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

• Arkies

From English Kaiser, from German Kaiser, which see.

Kaiser

1. a male given name from English [in turn from German]

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

From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”),[1] borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪ̯zər/, [ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ]

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• Hyphenation: Kai‧ser

Kaiser m (strong, genitive Kaisers, plural Kaiser, feminine Kaiserin)

1. emperor (ruler of certain monarchies; highest monarch)

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

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

1. a common surname

der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)

1. (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).

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

• Karies

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaɪ̯sɐ/

Kaiser m (plural Kaiser)

1. emperor

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary