The story
- German · borrowed fromClaus
- English todayClaus
From Dutch and German Claus, a contraction of Nicolaus (“Nicholas”). The spelling Klaus is from more modern German Klaus and other Germanic languages.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Claus
Today it means: A male given name from Dutch or from German [in turn from Ancient Greek]. Full definition →
German Claus