Klooster

See also: klooster

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Klooster.

Proper noun

Klooster (plural Kloosters)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Klooster is the 39887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 550 individuals. Klooster is most common among White (97.45%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Klooster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 320.

Dutch

Etymology

• (Drenthe) First attested as een huys geheiten ten cloester by coevorden in 1328. Derived from klooster (“monastery”). The toponym originally referred to a farmhouse located close to a monastery.
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as 't Klooster in 1838-1857. Derived from klooster, here used in the dialectal sense of "enclosed farmland".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloːs.tər/

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• Hyphenation: Kloos‧ter
• Rhymes: -oːstər
• Homophone: klooster

Proper noun

Klooster n

1. A hamlet in Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Alphen-Chaam, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Low German

Noun

Klooster n (plural Kloosters)

1. cloister, monastery