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Kindlein
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German
Alternative forms
de Kindchen Kindelein Kindel Kinderl
Etymology
de :af Kind -lein
de Kind lein
Pronunciation
de /ˈkɪntlaɪ̯n/
de De-Kindlein.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Kind lein
Noun
n,,Kinderlein:-
de Kind
de Johann Friedrich Reichardt Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf traditional Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf, / Der Vater hüt die Schaaf, / Die Mutter schüttelts Bäumelein, / Da fällt herab ein Träumelein, / Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf. Sleep my child, sleep / Your father tends the sheep, / Your mother shakes the apple tree, / As falls down a dream for thee / Sleep my child, sleep
Usage notes
The plural Kinderlein is more common than unchanged Kindlein. (This is an exceptional case: other plurals with infixed -er-, such as de Lämmerchen, are less common than the respective unchanged form.)
Declension
n,,Kinderlein:-
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