Kleine

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German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German kleine, from Old High German kleinī, chleinī, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī, a substantivization of *klaini (German klein).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kleine f (adjectival, definite nominative die Kleine, genitive Kleiner, definite genitive der Kleinen, plural Kleine, definite plural die Kleinen, masculine Kleiner)

  1. female equivalent of Kleiner: girl; young woman

Declension

Declension of Kleine
singular plural
feminine gender strong declension
nominative Kleine Kleine
genitive Kleiner Kleiner
dative Kleiner Kleinen
accusative Kleine Kleine
weak declension
nominative die Kleine die Kleinen
genitive der Kleinen der Kleinen
dative der Kleinen den Kleinen
accusative die Kleine die Kleinen
mixed declension
nominative eine Kleine (keine) Kleinen
genitive einer Kleinen (keiner) Kleinen
dative einer Kleinen (keinen) Kleinen
accusative eine Kleine (keine) Kleinen

Noun

Kleine m

  1. inflection of Kleiner:
    1. strong nominative/accusative plural
    2. weak nominative singular

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