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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
קליין • (kleyn) (comparative קלענער (klener), superlative קלענסט (klenst))
- small, little
Declension