Klepper
Klepper means:
- Colloquially (for about 140 years) a malnourished or decrepit domestic horse
- Before that, Klepper referred to a horse that was unsuitable for field work or as a draft animal, and that ran for courier services
- the horse breed Finnish Klepper, see Finnpferd
- the wooden instrument Klepper (instrument) , similar to a ratchet
- den Klepper (coat) , waterproof, rubber-coated cotton coat manufactured by the Klepper company
- the company Klepper Faltbootwerft , a manufacturer of folding boats ("Klepperbooten")
- The Klepper brand goes back to Johann Klepper and has been part of the textile mail order company Walbusch Walter Busch GmbH & Co. KG since 2003
- the asteroid (7130) Klepper of the main belt
Klepper is the family name of the following people:
- Erhard Klepper (1906–1980), German graphic artist, illustrator and costume artist
- Frank B. Klepper (1864–1933), American politician
- Gernot Klepper (* 1951), German economist
- Hildegard Klepper-Paar (* 1932), Romanian-German graphic artist
- Jochen Klepper (1903–1942), German journalist, writer and sacred song poet
- Johann Klepper (1868–1949), German tailor, founder of the Klepper Faltbootwerft and developer of the Kleppermantels
- Leon Klepper (1900–1991), Romanian composer
- Martin Klepper (* 1963), German literary scholar
- Otto Klepper (1888–1957), German lawyer and politician, Prussian Minister of State (DNVP, DDP / DStP, later non-party)
- Petra Müller-Klepper (* 1957), Hessian politician (CDU)
- Regina Klepper (* 1957), German opera singer (soprano)
- Steven Klepper († 2013), American economist
- Thomas Klepper (* 1965), German soccer player
- Walter Michael Klepper (1929–2008), Romanian-German composer
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Wiktionary: Klepper - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
