kleine

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛi̯nə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯nə

kleine

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

• kniele

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ̯nə/

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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

From Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.

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

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 […]

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

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

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