Cleaver

See also: cleaver

English

Etymology

Occupational surname for someone who split wood, from Middle English clevere (“one who cleaves”).

Proper noun

Cleaver (plural Cleavers)

1. A surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cleaver is the 7387^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4509 individuals. Cleaver is most common among White (84.28%) and Black/African American (10.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleaver”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Cleaver m (strong, genitive Cleavers, plural Cleavers)

1. cleaver

Declension

Declension of Cleaver [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Cleaver	die	Cleavers
genitive	eines	des	Cleavers	der	Cleavers
dative	einem	dem	Cleaver	den	Cleavers
accusative	einen	den	Cleaver	die	Cleavers