kleen
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German kleini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
- 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
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Central Franconian kleen, from Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
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
Further reading
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German kleine, from Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz. Cognate to German and Dutch klein, English clean.
Adjective
kleen (comparative klener, superlative kleenst)
Declension
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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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.
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