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Kleine

Kleine

See also: kleine

German

Noun

Kleine f (genitive Kleiner, plural Kleine, masculine Kleiner)

  1. girl; young woman

Declension

kleine

kleine

See also: Kleine

Dutch

Adjective

kleine

  1. Inflected form of klein

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɪ̯nə/

Adjective

kleine

  1. inflected form of klein

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • Stem vowel: ê³
    • (originally) IPA(key): /klɛɪnə/

Etymology

From Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.

Adjective

kleine

  1. small, little
  2. narrow, thin
  3. minor, unimportant
  4. fine, delicate
  5. few, little
    • 1537, Jürgen Richolff the Younger, Datt högeste unde öldeste water recht, xxviii:
      Eyn schip effte twe effte meer liggen in einer hauen dar kleyn water is []
      A ship or two or more lie in a port with little water []

Declension

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