Meanings
- 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 2025Synonyms: Kline
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA surname from German, equivalent to English Small.
Origin
- GermanKlein
- EnglishKlein
Borrowed from German Klein.
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Klein. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Klein
“Klein.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Klein. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Klein,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Klein.
Source: Klein on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.