"klein" meaning in Dutch

See klein in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /klɛi̯n/ Audio: Nl-klein.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛi̯n Etymology: Inherited from Middle Dutch cleine, from Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nl|dum|cleine|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Dutch cleine, {{inh+|nl|dum|cleine}} Inherited from Middle Dutch cleine, {{inh|nl|odt|cleini}} Old Dutch cleini, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*klainī}} Proto-West Germanic *klainī Head templates: {{nl-adj}} klein (comparative kleiner, superlative kleinst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: kleiner [comparative], kleinst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], klein [adverbial, positive, predicative], kleiner [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het kleinst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het kleinste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], kleine [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], kleinere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], kleinste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], klein [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], kleiner [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], kleinste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], kleine [indefinite, plural, positive], kleinere [comparative, indefinite, plural], kleinste [indefinite, plural, superlative], kleine [definite, positive], kleinere [comparative, definite], kleinste [definite, superlative], kleins [partitive, positive], kleiners [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. small, little
    Sense id: en-klein-nl-adj-~OPJa5AZ
  2. almost
    Sense id: en-klein-nl-adj-lgLuyMoa Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 76 24 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 77 23 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "een kopje kleiner maken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinburgerij"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleindochter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine boodschap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine luiden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine visserij"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleineren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleingeld"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleingoed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinhandel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinkind"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinkunst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinvee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinzerig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinzielig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinzoon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "piepklein"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verkleinen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klein avondrood"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klein geaderd witje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klein koolwitje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klein springzaad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "klein waterhoen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine alk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine barmsijs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine bonte specht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine geelkuifkaketoe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine grijze snip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine karekiet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine kattenstaart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine klaproos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine klaver"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine kokmeeuw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine leeuwenbek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine mantelmeeuw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine parelmoervlinder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine pelikaan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine pimpernel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine plevier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine ratelaar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine strandloper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine topper"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine toppereend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine trap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine zaagbek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine zilverreiger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleine zonnedauw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinoogrog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinst waterhoen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kleinste jager"
    }
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        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kleinst",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "kleiner",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "het kleinst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "superlative"
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      "form": "het kleinste",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "kleine",
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      "form": "kleinere",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "kleinste",
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    },
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      "form": "klein",
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    },
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      "form": "kleiner",
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      "form": "kleine",
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      "form": "kleinere",
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      "form": "kleine",
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      "form": "kleinere",
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      "form": "kleinste",
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      "form": "kleins",
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      "form": "kleiners",
      "source": "declension",
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        "partitive"
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    },
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      "form": "-",
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          "word": "groot"
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        "small, little"
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        {
          "english": "Almost an hour.",
          "text": "Een klein uur.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "ipa": "/klɛi̯n/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯n"
    }
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}
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    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "word": "een kopje kleiner maken"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinburgerij"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleindochter"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine boodschap"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine luiden"
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    {
      "word": "kleine visserij"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleineren"
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    {
      "word": "kleingeld"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleingoed"
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    {
      "word": "kleinhandel"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinkind"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinkunst"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinvee"
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    {
      "word": "kleinzerig"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinzielig"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinzoon"
    },
    {
      "word": "piepklein"
    },
    {
      "word": "verkleinen"
    },
    {
      "word": "klein avondrood"
    },
    {
      "word": "klein geaderd witje"
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    {
      "word": "klein koolwitje"
    },
    {
      "word": "klein springzaad"
    },
    {
      "word": "klein waterhoen"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine alk"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine barmsijs"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine bonte specht"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine geelkuifkaketoe"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine grijze snip"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine karekiet"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine kattenstaart"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine klaproos"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine klaver"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine kokmeeuw"
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      "word": "kleine leeuwenbek"
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      "word": "kleine mantelmeeuw"
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    {
      "word": "kleine parelmoervlinder"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine pelikaan"
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    {
      "word": "kleine pimpernel"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine plevier"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine ratelaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine strandloper"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine topper"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine toppereend"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine trap"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine zaagbek"
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    {
      "word": "kleine zilverreiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleine zonnedauw"
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    {
      "word": "kleinoogrog"
    },
    {
      "word": "kleinst waterhoen"
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    {
      "word": "kleinste jager"
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      "form": "kleine",
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        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleiner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleinste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kleiners",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "klein (comparative kleiner, superlative kleinst)",
      "name": "nl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "klein"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "nl-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "groot"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, little"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Almost an hour.",
          "text": "Een klein uur.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "almost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klɛi̯n/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-klein.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/Nl-klein.ogg/Nl-klein.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Nl-klein.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛi̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "klein"
}

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