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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
- 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
- Eike-Henner Kluge – Canadian German ethicist