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kloss

/klˈɔs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
kloss
IPA
/klˈɔs/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

* As a German surname Klöss, from the personal name Kloss, shortened from Nikolaus. Compare Klos. * Also as a German surname, from the noun Kloß (“lump, block”). * Also Germanized from several of Slavic surnames, such as Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos, all meaning "ear or spike of cereal;" see also Klos.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, kłós, kłos

Inflected Forms

Klosses (plural)

Homonyms

klos closs

Rhymes With

across loss cross sauce cos toss moss dos gloss mos lacrosse ros

Questions

How do you pronounce kloss?
The recorded pronunciation is /klˈɔs/.
What does kloss mean?
A surname from German.
Where does kloss come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce kloss

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