Krause
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Krause (plural Krauses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Krause is the 1009th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34722 individuals. Krause is most common among White (95.12%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Krause”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 349.
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Variant of Kraus (“curly-haired”).
Proper noun
Krause m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Krauses or (with an article) Krause, feminine genitive Krause, plural Krauses or Krause)
- a surname transferred from the nickname
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From kraus or the other way round?”).
Noun
Krause f (genitive Krause, no plural)
- curliness
- 2012, Wolfgang Weihrauch, editor, Gemüsepflanzen, page 129:
- Was bedeutet die Krause der Blätter [der Rhabarber]?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)