Kaiser is the German word for "emperor", usually reserved for the emperors of the German and Austrian Empires. Kaiser may also refer to: People Kaiser (surname), including a list of persons with the name Kaiser (Burmese singer), a pop singer of Myanmar "Kaiser" or "Kaiser Franz", both nicknames of Franz Beckenbauer, former German football player, coach, and manager Kaiser Gates (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League "The Kaiser", nickname of Ralf Souquet, a German professional pool player Places Kaiser, Missouri, United States Kaiser, Wisconsin, a ghost town in the United States Kaiser Mountains, a mountain range in the Alps Kaiser (Martian crater), a crater on Mars Kaiser (lunar crater), a crater on the Moon Arts and entertainment Kaiser (card game), a card game Kaiser (video game), a video game Digimon Kaiser a character from Digimon Adventure Brands and enterprises Related to Henry J. Kaiser: KaiserAir, an airline, charter and service company Kaiser Aluminum, an aluminum company Kaiser Broadcasting, an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States, 1958–77 Kaiser Center, a skyscraper building in Oakland, California Kaiser Motors, an automobile trademark Kaiser Permanente, a health maintenance organization (HMO) based in the U.S. state of California Kaiser Shipyards, part of Kaiser Shipbuilding Company Kaiser Steel, a former steelmaking company that was based in California Kaiser Foundation HTC Kaiser, an alternate name for the HTC TyTN II Pocket PC phone Kaiser brewery, a Brazilian brewery Kaiser's (supermarket), a German supermarket chain Computing and technology KAISER, an alternate name for kernel page-table isolation, a security method Kaiser window, a window function used for digital signal processing Ships , a screw ship of the line of the Austro-Hungarian fleet SMS Kaiser (1875), a German cruiser launched in 1875 SMS Kaiser (1911), a German battleship launched in 1911 Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler, a United States Navy class of replenishment oilers USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187), a U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oiler in Military Sealift Command service since 1986 Other uses Kaisers, the space police from Brave Exkaiser Kaiser Burnout, a fire set by Confederate Captain James Kaiser during the American Civil War Kaiser (horse), a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse Kaiser pear, or Bosc pear, a pear cultivar Kaiser roll, a type of bread roll Kaiser test, a chemical test for the presence of primary amines using ninhydrin See also Kaisar (disambiguation) Kayser