Klein
/klaɪn/
Klein proper noun: a surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
Proper noun
Klein
- A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
- “I call on all citizens of Berlin and across Germany to wear the yarmulke (as the skullcap is known in Yiddish) next Saturday if there are new, intolerable attacks targeting Israel and Jews on the occasion of Al-Quds Day in Berlin,” said Felix Klein in a statement.2019 May 28, Jack Guy, Antonia Mortensen, “Germans urged to wear Jewish skullcap ahead of anti-Israel protests”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025
- Synonyms:
- Kline
Synonyms of Klein
Origin of Klein
Borrowed from German Klein.
Words formed from Klein
- Klein bottle
- Kleinian
- kleinite
- Klein-Nishina formula
- Klein paradox
- Klein quadric
- Klein quartic
- Klein tunnelling
- Klein tunneling
- Klein-Waardenburg syndrome
- Klein zone
- Waardenburg-Klein syndrome
Phrases with Klein
Words that rhyme with Klein
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- design
- divine
- combine
- pine
- spline
- swine
- consign
- frankenstein
- nine
- refine
- vine
- whine
- benign
- chine
- in line
- intertwine
- recline
- resign
- rine
- undermine
- wine
- affine
- anodyne
- dine
- gold mine
- incline
- malign
- opine
- outshine
- propine
- red line
- shrine
- syne
- tine
- trunk line
- tyne
- atrine
- berine
- bine
- brine
- cline
- confine
- disentwine
- einstein
- equine
- offline
- quine
- repine
Questions about Klein
- What does Klein mean?
- Klein means a surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
- What part of speech is Klein?
- Klein is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Klein?
- Klein is pronounced /klaɪn/.
Words near Klein in the dictionary
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