Kluge

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Kluge (English: /ˈkluːɡi/, German: [ˈkluːɡə]) is a German-derived surname. In German, capitalizing, and adding a final -e to, the adjective klug (meaning "clever"), creates a noun meaning "clever one". Although the adjective kluge is a feminine form, the noun Kluge can be feminine, neuter or masculine.

Those bearing it include:

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• Alexander Kluge (born 1932) – German film director and author
• Alexandra Kluge (1937–2017) – German actor
• Arnold G. Kluge (retired 2003) – American zoologist and herpetologist
• Eike-Henner Kluge – Canadian German ethicist
• Ewald Kluge (19 January 1909 – 19 August 1964) German motorcyclist
• Friedrich Kluge (1856–1926) – German linguist
• Günther von Kluge (1882–1944) – German field marshal
• H. Jürgen Kluge (born 1941) – German physicist
• John Werner Kluge (1914–2010) – German-American media entrepreneur and philanthropist
• P. F. Kluge (born 1942) – German-American author
• Peer Kluge (born 1980) – German footballer
• Roger Kluge – German racing cyclist
• Walter Kluge (fl. 1930s) – German luger
• Wolfgang von Kluge (1892–1976) – German World War II general