kleinlaut
German, adjective/ˈklaɪ̯nˌlaʊ̯t/
kleinlaut is spelled K-L-E-I-N-L-A-U-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleinlaut is a German adjective meaning “petty; abashed, sheepish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “plötzlich leise und zurückhaltend, mit vorübergehendem Verlust von Selbstsicherheit”.
What does kleinlaut mean in English?
adjective
- 1
petty; abashed, sheepish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. plötzlich leise und zurückhaltend, mit vorübergehendem Verlust von Selbstsicherheit
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 kleinlaut
- kleinlauter masculine nominative singular
- am kleinlautesten superlative
- kleinlaute feminine nominative singular
- kleinlautes neuter nominative singular
- kleinlauten genitive masculine singular
- kleinlautem dative masculine singular
- der kleinlaute definite includes-article masculine
- die kleinlaute definite feminine includes-article
- das kleinlaute definite includes-article neuter
- die kleinlauten definite includes-article nominative
- des kleinlauten definite genitive includes-article
- der kleinlauten definite feminine genitive
- dem kleinlauten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kleinlaut?
- /ˈklaɪ̯nˌlaʊ̯t/
- [ˈklaɪ̯nˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kleinlaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kleinlaut in German?
kleinlaut appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).