Kleister

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kleister

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• silk tree, silktree, triskele

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German klīster, an originally Central German word, possibly from Old High German *klīstar, from Proto-West Germanic *klīstr, from Proto-Germanic *klīstrą (“paste, goo”), ultimately from the root of Klei (“clay”). Cognate with German Low German Kliester, Dutch klijster, Saterland Frisian Klíester, Scots cleester. Related also to English clay.

Compare also Middle High German klenster, which may have merged with the above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaɪ̯stɐ/

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Noun

Kleister m (strong, genitive Kleisters, plural Kleister)

1. adhesive paste

Declension

Declension of Kleister [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kleister	die	Kleister
genitive	eines	des	Kleisters	der	Kleister
dative	einem	dem	Kleister	den	Kleistern
accusative	einen	den	Kleister	die	Kleister

See also

• Kleber

Further reading

• “Kleister” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache