Friedrich Kluge (21 June 1856 - 21 May 1926) is known for the Kluge etymological dictionary of the German language (Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache), which was first published in 1883.

Kluge was born in Köln, Germany and died in Freiburg. He studied Comparative Linguistics and Classic and Modern Philologies at the universities of Leipzig and Strasbourg.

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• Portraits of Linguists and their studies in the area of the Old Germanic Languages