klein

Frasi
An user
Senso (Inglese)

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

Frequenza

A2
Dialetti

Canton Appenzello Esterno

Canton Appenzello Esterno

chli

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

glai

Canton San Gallo

Canton San Gallo

lüzìl

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/klaɪ̯n/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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