cleine
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.
Adjective
cleine
- small
- short
- unimportant
- fine, finely ground
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- clêne
Descendants
- Dutch: klein
- Afrikaans: klein
- Jersey Dutch: klāin
- Negerhollands: kleen, klen
- Skepi Creole Dutch: klenk
- Limburgish: klein
Further reading
- “clene (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “cleine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I