Cleve

See also: cleve

English

Proper noun

Cleve

1. A small town on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, named after Cleve House in Devon, England.
2. The District Council of Cleve, a local government area is this area of South Australia.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name, found predominantly in the United States.

German

Alternative forms

• Kleve

Proper noun

Cleve n

1. Obsolete spelling of Kleve.

Declension

Declension of Cleve [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Cleve
genitive	des	Cleves, Cleve1
dative	dem	Cleve
accusative	das	Cleve

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Clever
  • Cleverin
• clevisch