Klein

See also: klein and kléïn

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: klīn, IPA(key): /klaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Proper noun

Klein

  1. A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
    Synonym: Kline

Derived terms

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Klein is the 392nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 81,471 individuals. Klein is most common among White (95.4%) individuals.

See also

Anagrams

French

Proper noun

Klein ?

  1. a surname from German, equivalent of the French Petit

German

Etymology

From klein (“small”).

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Klein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kleins or (with an article) Klein, feminine genitive Klein, plural Kleins)

  1. a common surname, Klein or Kline, transferred from the nickname, equivalent to English Small

Declension
Declension of Klein [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Klein (eine) (die) Klein (die) Kleins
genitive (eines) (des) Kleins, Klein1 (einer) (der) Klein (der) Kleins
dative (einem) (dem) Klein (einer) (der) Klein (den) Kleins
accusative (einen) (den) Klein (eine) (die) Klein (die) Kleins

1With an article.

Derived terms
  • Kleinsche Flasche

Descendants
  • English: Kline
  • French: Klein
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