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diminutive:
- Verkleinerungswort
- klein; äußerst klein; winzig; knapp; unter dem Mindestmaß; minderwertig
Wiktionary:
- diminutive → Verkleinerungswort, Deminutivum, Deminutiv, Diminutivbildung, Diminutiv, Diminutivum, Verkleinerungsform
- diminutive → diminutiv, winzig, verkleinernd
- diminutive → Verkleinerungswort, klein, Diminutiv

English

Detailed Translations for diminutive from English to German

diminutive:

diminutive [the ~] nom

the diminutive
Verkleinerungswort
- Verkleinerungswort [das ~] nom

diminutive adj

diminutive (small; little; tiny; short; minuscule; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish)
klein; äußerst klein; winzig; knapp; unter dem Mindestmaß; minderwertig
- klein adj
- äußerst klein adj
- winzig adj
- knapp adj
- unter dem Mindestmaß adj
- minderwertig adj

Translation Matrix for diminutive:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Verkleinerungswort	diminutive
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bantam; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
klein	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	bashfull; diffident; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; minimal; minor; minuscule; narrow minded; petty; poky; poor; scant; slight; small; tiny
knapp	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	bashfull; close; close by; close to; concise; cramped; diffident; exact; filmy; flimsy; lean; minutely; miserable; narrow; narrow minded; narrowly; near; nearby; parched; petty; poor; precise; scanty; shabby; short of cash; short of money; small; succinct; terse; thin; tight
minderwertig	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	average; immature; inferior; mediocre; middling; poor; so-so
unter dem Mindestmaß	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	average; mediocre; middling; so-so
winzig	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	base; doll-like; facetiously; flimsy; lean; mean; minimal; minor; miserable; nasty; pedestrian; poor; pretty-pretty; scant; shabby; slight; small; succinct; terse; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; very little; very small; vile; villainous
äußerst klein	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	minuscule; tiny

Related Words for "diminutive":

diminutives

Synonyms for "diminutive":

bantam; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny; flyspeck; small; little
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Related Definitions for "diminutive":

very small¹
- diminutive in stature¹
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness¹

Wiktionary Translations for diminutive:

diminutive

noun

grammar: word form expressing smallness
- diminutive → Verkleinerungswort; Deminutivum; Deminutiv; Diminutivbildung; Diminutiv; Diminutivum; Verkleinerungsform

adjective

very small
- diminutive → diminutiv; winzig
serving to diminish
- diminutive → verkleinernd

diminutive

noun

Linguistik: grammatische Verkleinerungsform, mit einem Diminutivsuffix Ableitung Substantiv
- Diminutiv → diminutive

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• diminutive	→ Verkleinerungswort	↔ verkleinwoord — een woord met een verkleiningsuitgang waardoor iemand of iets als klein of weinig wordt voorgesteld
• diminutive	→ klein	↔ klein — van geringe grootte
• diminutive	→ Diminutiv	↔ diminutif — Terme diminutif

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