Klan

See also: klan, klán, and klän

English

Alternative forms

• klan

Etymology

Ellipsis of Ku Klux Klan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæn/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: clan
• Rhymes: -æn

Proper noun

the Klan

1. Ku Klux Klan
   • 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 745:

     The soldiers made arrests right and left, swearing to wipe out the Klan if they had to put every white man in Atlanta in jail.

   • 2005, “We Major”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Really Doe and Nas:

     I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me

Derived terms

• Klandom
• Klansman
• Klanswoman

Anagrams

• Lank, lank, lkna

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Klan m (strong, genitive Klans, plural Klans)

1. alternative spelling of Clan

Usage notes

• The spelling Klan was deprecated in 2024 in a German spelling reform.

Declension

Declension of Klan [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Klan	die	Klans
genitive	eines	des	Klans	der	Klans
dative	einem	dem	Klan	den	Klans
accusative	einen	den	Klan	die	Klans