klein
Meaning
- small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
- little, young (in age)
- insignificant
Concepts
small quantity
not large
small-sized
in disorder
minor caliper gauge
only this much
only this
not big
little less
Synonyms
zwergenhaft
mickerig
sehr klein
unendlich klein
stummelig
infinitesimal
buckelig
schwanzlos
nur ein bisschen
kleiner Junge
nicht zahlreich
Miniatur-
tikno
uffgestumbt
klaa
small
mini-
im Westentaschenformat
miniklein
mini
vertikal herausgefordert
von kleinem Wuchs
zu kurz geraten
klein gewachsen
klein und gemein
lützel
ein wenig
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
chli
Basel-Landschaft
glai
St. Gallen
lüzìl
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klaɪ̯n/
Etymology
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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