Krause

See also: krause and krausē

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Krause.

Proper noun

Krause (plural Krauses)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2025 February 7, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Rene Marsh, “‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In a letter to lawmakers from a Treasury Department official, the department confirmed Krause has joined Treasury as a “special government employee” – the same designation that applies to Musk – which means he can only work for the government for 130 days or fewer over the next year.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Krause is the 1009^th 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraʊ̯zə/

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• Hyphenation: Krau‧se

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)

1. 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, plural Krausen)

1. (uncountable) curliness
   • 2012, Wolfgang Weihrauch, editor, Gemüsepflanzen, page 129:

     Was bedeutet die Krause der Blätter [der Rhabarber]?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. ruff (neckwear)

   Synonym: Halskrause

Declension

Declension of Krause [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Krause	die	Krausen
genitive	einer	der	Krause	der	Krausen
dative	einer	der	Krause	den	Krausen
accusative	eine	die	Krause	die	Krausen