Kleist

American  

[klahyst] / klaɪst /

noun

1. (Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.

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Kleist British  

/ klaɪst /

noun

1. ( Bernd ) Heinrich ( Wilhelm ) von (ˈhainrɪç fɔn). 1777–1811, German dramatist, poet, and short-story writer. His plays include The Broken Pitcher (1808), Penthesilea (1808), and The Prince of Homburg (published 1821)

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Other Word Forms

• Kleistian adjective

Example Sentences

It also highlights a shift, as Greenland's leaders consolidate relations with Denmark and the EU, "because we have to have allies in these problems," says Kaj Kleist, alluding to US pressure.

From BBC

This means getting full independence could take "about 10 to 15 years," says Kaj Kleist, a veteran Greenlandic politician and civil servant who prepared the Self-Rule Act.

From BBC

"That makes us dig in our heels and say, 'Please control yourself,'" says Janus Chemnitz Kleist, an IT manager for the Greenland government.

From BBC

It was another eight years before she got her Actors’ Equity card, in a tiny part in an Off Broadway production of Heinrich von Kleist’s “The Broken Pitcher,” starring Larry Pine.

From New York Times

And while some Republicans there have been “receptive to acknowledging what the barriers are,” Mr. Kleist said, “still they’re pushing forward full steam ahead.”

From New York Times