kleinlich
German, adjective/ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç/
kleinlich is spelled K-L-E-I-N-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kleinlich is a German adjective meaning “petty, small-minded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend”.
What does kleinlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
petty, small-minded
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend
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 kleinlich
- kleinlicher masculine nominative singular
- am kleinlichsten superlative
- kleinliche feminine nominative singular
- kleinliches neuter nominative singular
- kleinlichen genitive masculine singular
- kleinlichem dative masculine singular
- der kleinliche definite includes-article masculine
- die kleinliche definite feminine includes-article
- das kleinliche definite includes-article neuter
- die kleinlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des kleinlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der kleinlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem kleinlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kleinlich?
- /ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç/
- [ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kleinlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kleinlich in German?
kleinlich appears 1.2 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).