Klein

Borrowed from German Klein.

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

Klein

1. A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.

   Synonym: Kline

   • 2019 May 28, Jack Guy and Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “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.

• 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.

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

Klein ?

1. a surname from German, equivalent of the French Petit

From klein (“small”).

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

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

• Kleinsche Flasche

• English: Kline
• French: Klein