klein — small, little

klein is the #147 most common word in Dutch, a adjective. It means “small, little” and is pronounced /klɛi̯n/.

#147frequency rank

0.06%of everyday Dutch text

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Forms of klein

Form	What it is	Meaning
kleiner	comparative	smaller
kleinst	superlative	smallest
klein	adverbial, positive, predicative	small
kleine	singular · indefinite	small
kleinere	comparative · femi.	smaller
kleinste	superlative · femi.	smallest
klein	singular · indefinite	small
kleiner	comparative · neut.	smaller
kleinste	superlative · neut.	smallest
kleine	plural · indefinite	small
kleinere	comparative	smaller
kleinste	superlative	smallest
kleine	definite	small
kleins	partitive, positive	small
kleiners	comparative	smaller
kleen	alternative, dialectal	small