Kaiser

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See also: kaiser, káiser, and kàiser

English

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Wilhelm II - the last Kaiser of Germany from 1888 until his abdication in 1918.

Alternative forms

Etymology

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. Compare tsar, which was borrowed from Slavic.

Pronunciation

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

Kaiser

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • 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

  1. ^ “caiser, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  3. ^ “Kaiser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. ^ “Kaiser”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

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From English Kaiser, from German Kaiser, which see.

Proper noun

Kaiser

  1. a male given name from English

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ̯zər/,
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  • Hyphenation: Kai‧ser

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Kaiser
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kaiser die Kaiser
genitive eines des Kaisers der Kaiser
dative einem dem Kaiser den Kaisern
accusative einen den Kaiser die Kaiser

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Proper noun

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

Proper noun

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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References

  1. ^ “Kaiser” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Kaiser m (plural Kaiser)

  1. emperor

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