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Kleist
[ klahyst ]
noun
- (Bernd) Hein·rich (Wil·helm) von [be, r, nt , hahyn, -, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm f, uh, n], 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
Kleist
/ klaɪst /
noun
- Kleist(Bernd) Heinrich17771811MGermanTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poetWRITING: short-story writer ( Bernd ) Heinrich ( Wilhelm ) von (ˈhainrɪç fɔn). 1777–1811, German dramatist, poet, and short-story writer. His plays include The Broken Pitcher (1808), Penthesilea (1808), and The Prince of Homburg (published 1821)
Other Words From
- Kleisti·an adjective
Example Sentences
It was another eight years before she got her Actors’ Equity card, in a tiny part in an Off Broadway production of Heinrich von Kleist’s “The Broken Pitcher,” starring Larry Pine.
And while some Republicans there have been “receptive to acknowledging what the barriers are,” Mr. Kleist said, “still they’re pushing forward full steam ahead.”
Montisano called the woman "stupid and lucky" and zookeeper Mason Kleist said that in addition to putting herself in danger the woman had potentially endangered the animals as well, especially considering their special dietary needs.
The Greenlandic prime minister and foreign minister refused to speak to us about their government's attitude to China, but a former prime minister, Kuupik Kleist, told us he thought it would be good for Greenland.
Two students told me about a seminar in which the “O” in Heinrich von Kleist’s novella “The Marquise von O” was under discussion.
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