"Klein" meaning in All languages combined

See Klein on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /klaɪn/
enPR: klīn Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Borrowed from German Klein. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Klein}} Borrowed from German Klein Head templates: {{en-prop}} Klein
  1. A surname from German, equivalent to English Small. Synonyms: Kline Related terms: Kline

Proper name [French]

Head templates: {{fr-proper noun}} Klein ?
  1. a surname from German, equivalent of the French Petit

Proper name [German]

Audio: De-Klein.ogg
Etymology: From klein (“small”). Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Klein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kleins or (with an article) Klein, feminine genitive Klein, plural Kleins) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|surname}} Forms: Kleins [genitive, masculine], Klein [genitive, masculine], Klein [feminine, genitive], Kleins [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Klein [masculine, nominative, singular], Klein [feminine, nominative, singular], Kleins [definite, nominative, plural], Kleins [genitive, masculine, singular], Klein [genitive, masculine, singular], Klein [feminine, genitive, singular], Kleins [definite, genitive, plural], Klein [dative, masculine, singular], Klein [dative, feminine, singular], Kleins [dative, definite, plural], Klein [accusative, masculine, singular], Klein [accusative, feminine, singular], Kleins [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a common surname, Klein or Kline, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Small Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname Derived forms: Kleinsche Flasche
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