Kindlein

German

Alternative forms

Kindelein (archaic)

Etymology

Kind +‎ -lein

Noun

Kindlein n (genitive Kindleins, plural Kinderlein or Kindlein)

diminutive of Kind

Usage notes

The plural Kinderlein is more common than unchanged Kindlein. (This is an exceptional case: other plurals with infixed -er-, such as Lämmerchen, are less common than the respective unchanged form.)

Declension

Declension of Kindlein

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kindlein	die	Kindlein
genitive	eines	des	Kindleins	der	Kindlein
dative	einem	dem	Kindlein	den	Kindlein
accusative	ein	das	Kindlein	die	Kindlein

Further reading

Kindlein in Duden online

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