Kaiser
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Etymology edit
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.
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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.
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Kaiser
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- ^ “caiser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ “Kaiser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “Kaiser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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Etymology edit
From English Kaiser, from German Kaiser, which see.
Proper noun edit
Kaiser
- a male given name from English [in turn from German]
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Etymology edit
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.
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Kaiser m (strong, genitive Kaisers, plural Kaiser, feminine Kaiserin)
- emperor (ruler of certain monarchies; highest monarch)
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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
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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[1]:
- 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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Further reading edit
- “Kaiser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kaiser” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kaiser” in Duden online
Kaiser on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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Kaiser m (plural Kaiser)