kleini

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“brilliantly bright, fine, elegant”) (compare Old English clǣne), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick, smudge”).

Adjective

kleini

Derived terms

kleinī

Descendants

Middle High German: klein, kleine
- Alemannic German: chlii, chly, chlei, klei, chli
  - Swabian: gloi
  - Vorarlbergerisch: klän, klen, kli, klin
- Bavarian: klaa, kloa
  Apeltonerisch: klua
  
  Cimbrian: khlòan, khlumma
  
  Mòcheno: khloa'n
- Central Franconian: kleen
  - Hunsrik: kleen
  - Kölsch: klein
- German: klein
- Luxembourgish: kleng
- Rhine Franconian:
  - Hessian: klaan
  - Pennsylvania German: glee
- Yiddish: קליין‎ (kleyn)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *klainī. Consists of kleini (“small”) +‎ -ī.

Alternative forms

chlainī, chlæinī, chleinī, cleine, clēnī, khleinī

Noun

kleinī f

Declension

Declension of kleinī (īn-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	kleinī	—
accusative	kleinī	—
genitive	kleinī	—
dative	kleinī	—

Descendants

Middle High German: kleine
- German: Kleine

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