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Kleist

American  
[klahyst] / klaɪst /

noun

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


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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"This time of year there is not much to hunt. So we rely on musk ox meat and skin," Kleist says.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

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 Mar. 10, 2025

Born Asta Berwind von Kleist, the countess was the daughter of Baron and Baroness Frederick von Kleist.

From Washington Post Sep. 16, 2022

He doesn’t even like Kleist, whom he considers an overwrought “hysteric” and a “man desperately stabbing himself with the needle of his own personality in an attempt to get a response.”

From Slate Sep. 14, 2020

He would take care of him, protect him, unlike Frau Kleist.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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