Kleine
German, noun
Kleine is spelled K-L-E-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears 263 times per million words in written German, the 340th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleine is a German feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Kleiner: girl; young woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kleine is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleines Mädchen”.
What does Kleine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of Kleiner: girl; young woman
noun
- 1
masculinestrong nominative/accusative plural
- 2
masculineweak nominative singular
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleines Mädchen 2. junge Frau, auch verniedlichend für die Partnerin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kleine
- die Kleine definite nominative
- Kleiner genitive
- der Kleinen definite genitive
- die Kleinen definite plural
- Kleinen dative plural strong
- den Kleinen dative plural
- eine Kleine nominative singular
- keine Kleinen nominative plural
- einer Kleinen genitive singular
- keiner Kleinen genitive plural
- keinen Kleinen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kleine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kleine in German?
Kleine appears 263 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).