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Kindlein

Kindlein

German

Alternative forms

  • Kindelein (archaic)

Noun

Kindlein n (genitive Kindleins, plural Kinderlein or Kindlein)

  1. diminutive of Kind

Usage notes

  • The plural Kinderlein is more common than unchanged Kindlein. (This is an exceptional case: other plurals with infixed -er-, such as Lämmerchen, are less common than the respective unchanged form.)

Declension