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Friedrich Kluge

1856 - 1926

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Friedrich Kluge (21 June 1856 – 21 May 1926) was a German philologist and educator. He is known for the Etymological Dictionary of the German Language (Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache), which was first published in 1883. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Kluge is the 152nd most popular linguist (up from 174th in 2019), the 4,596th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,019th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Friedrich Kluge ranks 152 out of 214. Before him are Eduard Sievers, Gaston Waringhien, Germà Colón, Mary Boyce, Alexander Veselovsky, and Nurit Peled-Elhanan. After him are William Stokoe, Hermann Möller, Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Heinrich Schmid, Arsène Darmesteter, and Alice Kober.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Friedrich Kluge ranks 107. Before him are Andrew Watson, Keir Hardie, Gabrielle Réjane, Elbert Hubbard, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, and Jens Christian Christensen. After him are James Buchanan Duke, Paul Henri Lecomte, Anton Aškerc, Wilhelm Geiger, Leon Benois, and Yuly Shokalsky. Among people deceased in 1926, Friedrich Kluge ranks 98. Before him are Jón Magnússon, Thomas Moran, Barbara La Marr, Georges Vézina, Giovanni Amendola, and Eliška Krásnohorská. After him are Jan Szczepanik, Olle Lanner, Ernest Belfort Bax, Hermann Bollé, Dmitry Furmanov, and Jan Kasprowicz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Kluge ranks 4,599 out of 7,253. Before him are Axel von dem Bussche (1919), Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829), Dankmar Adler (1844), Eugen Bolz (1881), Charles-Mathias Simons (1802), and Joseph Hergenröther (1824). After him are Willi Horn (1909), Andreas Krieger (1965), Karin Baal (1940), Otto Modersohn (1865), Leonard Nelson (1882), and Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682).

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Among LINGUISTS In Germany

Among linguists born in Germany, Friedrich Kluge ranks 29. Before him are Heinrich Hübschmann (1848), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), Felix Jacoby (1876), Hermann Osthoff (1847), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), and Eduard Sievers (1850). After him are Hermann Hirt (1865), Christiane Nord (1943), Helmut Rix (1926), and Georg Bühler (1837).

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