klein

Significat

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

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/klaɪ̯n/

Etimologia

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").

Sents

Die übrigen Zähne sind sehr klein .

The remaining teeth are very small.

Die Mitgliedstaaten , ob groß oder klein , können dieses Problem nicht alleine bewältigen .

The Member States, whether they are large or small, cannot handle this problem on their own.