How do you use the word "kaiser" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "kaiser": The Kaiser asked Theodore Roosevelt to intervene. Kaiser will go to Germany next week.

Kaiser Meaning

/ˈkaɪzə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAlternative form of Kaiser.

nounAn emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

Sentence Examples

The Kaiser asked Theodore Roosevelt to intervene.

Kaiser will go to Germany next week.

The kaiser paid tribute to the sultan to avoid being attacked.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The ____ was the German emperor who lost power after World War I.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The title ____ was historically used for the emperors of Germany and several other European nations.

Word Origin & History

Inherited from Middle English kayser, from Old High German keisar (“emperor”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz. The native Old English descendant of that Proto-Germanic word was cāser (“emperor”), but the shape of Middle English kayser (“emperor”) (versus the expected *caser, *coser) suggests it was borrowed from another Germanic language rather than inherited, and the modern English spelling and sense seem to be modified after modern German rather than a direct continuation of Middle English. Compare tsar, which was borrowed from Slavic. Doublet of Caesar and tsar.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And Black Ivo is a veritable Kaiser." — 1915, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 26, page 444:

"[…] that President Poincare, the first servant of France, is still Louis XIV, the former War-Lord, the Kaiser of France […]" — 1916, The Provocation of France, page 147:

"Senator Sherman vigorously assailed the Shantung agreement, declaring that it would make the Mikado a veritable Kaiser of the Far East and alienate the sympathies of the 400,000,000 Chinese – from the people of the United States." — 1919, Far Eastern Political Science Review - Volume 1, page 49:

"[…] which, from the banking point of view, the National City Bank is a veritable kaiser." — 1929, Through the Leaves, page 489:

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