Kleiner
German, noun
Kleiner is spelled K-L-E-I-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written German, the 863rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleiner is a German masculine noun meaning “boy, young man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Kleine. In lower case, kleiner is a different word: “comparative degree of klein”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Bub, Junge”.
What does Kleiner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboy, young man
noun
- 1
femininestrong genitive/dative singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive plural
adjective
- 1
comparative degree of klein
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Bub, Junge 2. junger Mann
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 Kleiner
- der Kleine definite nominative
- Kleinen genitive
- Kleine plural
- die Kleinen definite plural
- Kleinem dative singular strong
- des Kleinen genitive singular
- der Kleinen genitive plural
- dem Kleinen dative singular
- den Kleinen dative plural
- ein Kleiner nominative singular
- keine Kleinen nominative plural
- eines Kleinen genitive singular
- keiner Kleinen genitive plural
- einem Kleinen dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kleiner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kleiner in German?
Kleiner appears 100 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).