Kloster

Borrowed from German Kloster.

Kloster (plural Klosters)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kloster is the 18660^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1474 individuals. Kloster is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kloster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.

From Old High German klōstar, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *clōstrum, Medieval Latin claustrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloːstɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Klos‧ter; pre-1996: Klo‧ster

Kloster n (strong, genitive Klosters, plural Klöster, diminutive Klösterchen n or Klösterlein n)

1. convent, monastery, cloister

• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: клоштер, клоштар

  Latin script: klošter, kloštar

• “Kloster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kloster” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Kloster” in Duden online
• “Kloster” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon