# die Klause

die Klause is a German noun meaning “hermitage”. Forms: der Klause, die Klausen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Klause
- Plural: die Klausen

## In other languages

- Русский: келья, скит, затвор от латинского reclus

## Meanings

1. cell in a monastery / convent
2. hermitage (house of a hermit)
3. _colloquial_ a small room or dwelling, usually snug and quiet
   - Du hast ja hier oben ’ne ganz nette Klause! — You have a nice cozy place up here.
4. _regional_ gorge, narrow pass
5. _dialectal · regional_ weir, dam, sluice; (by extension) a dammed-up body of water
6. _Flößerei_ splash dam
   - Die Klause kann man mittels eines Verschlusses öffnen und schließen.

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