klein.
small, little, wee (in physical size or extent)
Meaning & usage
small, little, wee (in physical size or extent)
small, little, young (not grown up)
insignificant (of little influence or means; of people)
der kleine Mann
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”). Cognate with Dutch klein and English clean. Doublet of clean. For a similar semantic development, cf. zierlich (orig. "decorative", today "petite").
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