kleinlich
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kleinlich
- [ˈklaɪ̯nlɪç]
Rhymes with aɪ̯nlɪç
Where it comes from
[1] mittelhochdeutsch kleinlich = fein, genau
adjective kleinlich · kleinlicher · am kleinlichsten · kleinliche · kleinliches
- übertrieben genau, zu stark auf Kleinigkeiten achtend Mit deiner kleinlichen Einstellung vertreibst du nur freiwillige Mitarbeiter.
In English
- anal of a person, compulsive and stubborn
- fussy particular about details
- petty of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited in
- particular concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious
- fastidious difficult to please
- captious having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections
- finicky fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting
- pernickety paying undue attention to minor details
- exacting making great demands; difficult to satisfy
- anal-retentive overly obsessive concerning small details
Talk about this word "kleinlich." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/de/kleinlich. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kleinlich. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/de/kleinlich "kleinlich." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/de/kleinlich.Cite this
@misc{kleinlich_2026,
title = {kleinlich},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/de/kleinlich},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
