kleine
See also: Kleine
Dutch edit
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kleine
- inflection of klein:
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
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kleine
- inflection of klein:
Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.
Pronunciation edit
- Stem vowel: ê³
Adjective edit
kleine
- small, little
- narrow, thin
- minor, unimportant
- fine, delicate
- few, little
- 1537, Jürgen Richolff the Younger, Datt högeste unde öldeste water recht, section 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 edit
Declension of kleine
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
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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. |
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References edit
- (descendants): Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)