Klopp

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle Low German klopper (“clapper, hammer, bobbin”), from the medieval name Chlodobert, from Frankish for "famously bright," from Proto-Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *ḱlu-tó-s (“famous”) << *ḱlew- (“to hear”) + *bʰerHǵ- (“to be bright, shine”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hleumô (“hearing”) and *berhtaz (“shining, bright”).

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