cleine

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.

Adjective

cleine

1. small
2. short
3. unimportant
4. fine, finely ground

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• clêne

Descendants

• Dutch: klein
  • Afrikaans: klein
  • Jersey Dutch: klāin
  • Negerhollands: kleen, klen
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: klenk
• Limburgish: klein

Further reading

• “clene (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cleine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I