kleen

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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  • klään (eastern Moselle Franconian, except Westerwald)
  • klein (Kölsch; Westerwald)

Etymology

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From Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kleen (masculine kleene, feminine kleen, comparative kleener, superlative et kleenste)

  1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) little; small
    Mer hann ene kleene Jaade hengerm Huus.
    We have a small garden behind our house.

Usage notes

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  • Even in dialects that do not have a general n-deletion rule, kleen does commonly lose the final -n in the neuter nominative and accusative before consonants other than h—by analogy with the structure words een (one) and keen (no). Thus, for example, in Ripuarian: e klee bessje (a little bit).

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Central Franconian kleen, from Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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kleen (comparative kleener, superlative kleenest)

  1. little; small
    Die Tass is zu kleen.
    The cup is too small.
    Sie hon zweu kleene Hunn.
    They have two little dogs.
    Er is noch en kleenes Kind.
    He is still a small child.

Declension

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Declension of kleen (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative kleen kleen kleen kleene
accusative kleene kleen kleen kleene
dative kleene kleene kleene kleene
Strong inflection nominative kleener kleene kleenes kleene
accusative kleene kleene kleenes kleene
dative kleenem kleener kleenem kleene

Antonyms

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Further reading

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Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kleine, from Old Saxon klēni, from Proto-West Germanic *klainī. Cognate to German and Dutch klein, English clean.

Adjective

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kleen (comparative klener, superlative kleenst)

  1. small

Declension

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The following declension only represents one of many possible dialectal grammars.

Synonyms

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