klein

Pronunciation: /klæɪn/

“klein” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

slender, thin, slight.
sick, unwell, poorly.
of weak health; sickly, feeble, frail.
poor, bad, weak, shoddy; in bad condition or of low quality.
of a person: not very capable or skilled; poor, feeble, inept.
awkward, embarrassing, cringeworthy.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kleine (“thin, fine”), also klêne (“thin, fine”), from Old Saxon klēni (“delicate, fine”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“fine, small; clean”), from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“clean, clear, pure; fine, small”). The deeper etymology is uncertain. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk klein, Danish klejn, Swedish klen, Icelandic klénn, German klein, Dutch klein and English…

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