klein

Bedeutung (English)

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

Frequenz

A2
Dialekte

Appenzell Außerrhoden

Appenzell Außerrhoden

chli

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

glai

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

lüzìl

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/klaɪ̯n/
Etymologie (English)

In summary

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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