"Klein" meaning in German

See Klein in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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
    Sense id: en-Klein-de-name-0N2kwUMP Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German surnames

Download JSON data for Klein meaning in German (3.1kB)

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