klein

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
  2. little, young (in age)
  3. insignificant

Frekwensie

A2
Dialekte

Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden

chli

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

glai

Kanton St. Gallen

Kanton St. Gallen

lüzìl

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/klaɪ̯n/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”). Cognate with Dutch klein and English clean. Doublet of clean. For a similar semantic development, cf. zierlich (orig. "decorative", today "petite").

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