Kruger

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Krüger or Krueger is a German family name.

Kruger is also available as a first name.

Origin and meaning

The word Kruger comes from Low German and describes an innkeeper who has been granted the right to be a jug and who runs a jug .

variants

For the family name Krüger there are the alternative spellings Krueger, Crüger, Kruger and Kröger as well as the related family names Krug, Krüg, Krog, Krügel and Krugmann, which are also derived from the word Krug. In Eastern Europe there is the spelling Kryger.

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The family name Krüger ranks 22nd among the most common family names in Germany.

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  • Yvès Krüger (1903–1988), French educator, see La Coûme

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See also

Wiktionary: Krüger  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations