Kluge
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Kluge (/ˈkluːɡi/) is a German-derived surname. Among German-speakers, it is pronounced "KLOO-guh"; in that language, capitalizing, and adding a final e to, the adjective klug (meaning "clever"), creates a noun; it is applicable to females and means "clever one".
Those bearing it include:
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- Friedrich Kluge (1856–1926), German linguist
- Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), German field marshal
- Wolfgang von Kluge (5 May 1892 – 30 October 1976), German World War II general
- Manfred Kluge (1928–1971), German composer
- Walter Kluge (fl. 1930s), German luger
- John Werner Kluge (1914–2010), German-American media entrepreneur & philanthropist
- Arnold G. Kluge (retired 2003), American zoologist and herpetologist
- Alexander Kluge (born 1932), German film director and author
- Alexandra Kluge (born 1937), German actor
- H. Jürgen Kluge (born 1941), German physicist
- P. F. Kluge (born 1942), German-American author
- Volker Kluge (born 1944), German journalist
- Peer Kluge (born 1980), German footballer
- Roger Kluge, German racing cyclist
See also
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