klein

/klaɪ̯n/

adjective A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Meaning

Gering is slight/low, describing an amount or degree; klein is small, describing physical size.

Klein is the plain word for small; winzig is "tiny," an intensified, emphatic smallness.

Similar in other languages

French

petit is the French word for the same thing — both mean "small, little."

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