kleini

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“brilliantly bright, fine, elegant”) (compare Old English clǣne), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick, smudge”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

kleini

  2. small, fine, slender
  3. soft, clean
  4. smart, thorough, wise, crafty, keen
  5. costly
Descendants

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the above.

Alternative forms

Noun

kleinī f

  2. beauty, delicateness, cleanness
  3. experience, cleverness
  4. proof, knowledge, sense
Declension
Declension of kleinī (īn-stem)
case singular plural
nominative kleinī —
accusative kleinī —
genitive kleinī —
dative kleinī —
Descendants
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