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Kleine
Kleine
See also: kleine
German
Noun
Kleine f (genitive Kleiner, plural Kleine, masculine Kleiner)
Declension
Declension of Kleine
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f gender | strong declension | |||
| nominative | Kleine | Kleine | ||
| genitive | Kleiner | Kleiner | ||
| dative | Kleiner | Kleinen | ||
| accusative | Kleine | Kleine | ||
| weak declension | ||||
| nominative | die | Kleine | die | Kleinen |
| genitive | der | Kleinen | der | Kleinen |
| dative | der | Kleinen | den | Kleinen |
| accusative | die | Kleine | die | Kleinen |
| mixed declension | ||||
| nominative | eine | Kleine | keine | Kleinen |
| genitive | einer | Kleinen | keiner | Kleinen |
| dative | einer | Kleinen | keinen | Kleinen |
| accusative | eine | Kleine | keine | Kleinen |
kleine
kleine
See also: Kleine
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
- Stem vowel: ê³
- (originally) IPA(key): /klɛɪnə/
Etymology
From Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.
Adjective
kleine
- small, little
- narrow, thin
- minor, unimportant
- fine, delicate
- few, little
- 1537, Jürgen Richolff the Younger, Datt högeste unde öldeste water recht, xxviii:
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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 […]
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Eyn schip effte twe effte meer liggen in einer hauen dar kleyn water is […]
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Declension
Declension of kleine
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong declension | ||||
| Masculine | kleine | kleinen | kleinem(e) (kleinennote) | kleines |
| Neuter | kleine | |||
| Feminine | kleine | kleiner(e) | ||
| Plural | kleine | kleinen | kleiner(e) | |
| Weak declension | ||||
| Masculine | kleine | kleinen | kleinen | |
| Neuter | kleine | |||
| Feminine | kleinen | |||
| Plural | kleinen | |||
| The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. | ||||