No. 1,101 in German
kleiner
Smaller.
In a sentence
Ich habe einen kleineren Tisch gekauft als vorher.
I bought a smaller table than before.
In this sentence, 'kleiner' is used to describe the comparative form of 'klein', indicating that the table is smaller compared to another object.
Sie hat einen kleinen Garten hinter ihrem Haus.
She has a small garden behind her house.
Here, 'kleiner' is in its base form 'klein' used as an attributive adjective, describing the noun 'garden'.
Der kleinere Hund ist sehr freundlich und verspielt.
The smaller dog is very friendly and playful.
In this case, 'kleiner' is used as a comparative form in conjunction with the definite article 'der', specifying which dog is being referred to in relation to another dog.
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