kleine

See also: Kleine

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛi̯nə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nə

Adjective

kleine

1. inflection of klein:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Anagrams

• kniele

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ̯nə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Adjective

kleine

1. inflection of klein:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clear, pure”), from Proto-Indo-European *g(e)lēi- (“gleaming”), from *gel- (“to gleam”).

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ê³
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /klɛɪnə/

Adjective

kleine

1. small, little
2. narrow, thin
3. minor, unimportant
4. fine, delicate
5. 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

Declension of kleine

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
	Strong declension
nominative	kleine			kleine
accusative	kleinen	kleine	kleine
dative	kleinem(e) (kleinennote)		kleiner(e)	kleinen
genitive	kleines			kleiner(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	kleine			kleinen
accusative	kleinen	kleine	kleinen
dative	kleinen
genitive

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Alternative forms

• klêne, kleyne, kleyn, klyne, klên, klyn

Descendants

• Low German: kleen, klein
• Plautdietsch: kljien, kjleen
• → Old Norse: klénn
  • Icelandic: klénn
  • Faroese: klænur
  • Norwegian: klen, klein
  • Old Swedish: klēn
    • Swedish: klen
  • Danish: klejn

References

• (descendants): Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “kleine”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklæɪ.nə/
• Rhymes: -æɪnə
• Hyphenation: klei‧ne

Adjective

kleine

1. definite singular of klein (“sick, unwell; poor, bad; awkward, embarrassing”)
2. plural of klein (“sick, unwell; poor, bad; awkward, embarrassing”)