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Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kleen (masculine kleene, feminine kleen, comparative kleener, superlative et kleenste)
- (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) little; small
- Mer hann ene kleene Jaade hengerm Huus.
- We have a small garden behind our house.
Usage notes
[edit]- Even in dialects that do not have a general n-deletion rule, kleen does commonly lose the final -n in the neuter nominative and accusative before consonants other than h—by analogy with the structure words een (“one”) and keen (“no”). Thus, for example, in Ripuarian: e klee bessje (“a little bit”).
Hunsrik
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Central Franconian kleen, from Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kleen (comparative kleener, superlative kleenest)
- little; small
- Die Tass is zu kleen.
- The cup is too small.
- Sie hon zweu kleene Hunn.
- They have two little dogs.
- Er is noch en kleenes Kind.
- He is still a small child.
Declension
[edit]Declension of kleen (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | kleen | kleen | kleen | kleene |
accusative | kleene | kleen | kleen | kleene | |
dative | kleene | kleene | kleene | kleene | |
Strong inflection | nominative | kleener | kleene | kleenes | kleene |
accusative | kleene | kleene | kleenes | kleene | |
dative | kleenem | kleener | kleenem | kleene |
Antonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Low German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German kleine, from Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī. Cognate to German and Dutch klein, English clean.
Adjective
[edit]kleen (comparative klener, superlative kleenst)
Declension
[edit]The following declension only represents one of many possible dialectal grammars.
Positive forms of kleen
gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is kleen | se is kleen | dat is kleen | se sünd kleen | |
partitive | een Kleens | een Kleens | wat Kleens | allens Kleen | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | klene | klene | kleen | klene |
oblique | klenen | klene | kleen | klene | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de klene | de klene | dat klene | de klenen |
oblique | den klenen | de klene | dat klene | de klenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en klene/klenen | en klene | en kleen/klenet | (keen) klenen |
oblique | en klenen | en klene | en kleen/klenet | (keen) klenen |
Comparative forms of kleen
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is klener | se is klener | dat is klener | se sünd klener | |
partitive | een kleners | een kleners | wat kleners | allens klener | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | klenere | klenere | klener | klenere |
oblique | klenern | klenere | klener | klenere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de klenere | de klenere | dat klenere | de klenern |
oblique | den klenern | de klenere | dat klenere | de klenern | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en klenere/kleneren | en klenere | en klener | (keen) klenern |
oblique | en klenern | en klenere | en klener | (keen) klenern |
Superlative forms of kleen
gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | he is de Kleenste | se is de Kleenste | dat is dat Kleenste | se sünd de Kleensten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | kleenste | kleenste | kleenst | kleenste |
oblique | kleensten | kleenste | kleenst | kleenste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | de kleenste | de kleenste | dat kleenste | de kleensten |
oblique | den kleensten | de kleenste | dat kleenste | de kleensten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | en kleenste/kleensten | en kleenste | en kleenst | (keen) kleensten |
oblique | en kleensten | en kleenste | en kleenst | (keen) kleensten |
Note: This declension is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.
Synonyms
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- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
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- Ripuarian Franconian
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- Central Franconian terms with usage examples
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Central Franconian
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- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
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- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
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- Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
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