Klein

See also: klein and kléïn

English

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Klein (surname)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Klein.

Pronunciation

enPR: klīn, IPA^(key): /klaɪn/
Rhymes: -aɪn

Proper noun

Klein

A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
Synonym: Kline
- 2019 May 28, Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 March 2025:
  “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement.

Derived terms

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Klein is the 392^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 81,471 individuals. Klein is most common among White (95.4%) individuals.

Anagrams

Elkin, Klien, Kline, inkle, k-line, kline, lekin, liken

French

Proper noun

Klein ?

a surname from German, equivalent of the French Petit

German

Etymology

From klein (“small”).

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Proper noun

Klein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kleins or (with an article) Klein, feminine genitive Klein, plural Kleins)

a common surname, Klein or Kline, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Small

Declension

Declension of Klein [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Klein	(eine)	(die)	Klein	(die)	Kleins
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Kleins, Klein¹	(einer)	(der)	Klein	(der)	Kleins
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Klein	(einer)	(der)	Klein	(den)	Kleins
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Klein	(eine)	(die)	Klein	(die)	Kleins

¹With an article.

Derived terms

Kleinsche Flasche

Descendants

English: Kline
French: Klein