kleinmachen

German

Etymology

From klein + machen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

kleinmachen (weak, third-person singular present macht klein, past tense machte klein, past participle kleingemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to put down; to humiliate; to belittle
  2. (reflexive, also figuratively) to make oneself small
  3. (transitive) to shred; to chop; to crush
    Synonym: zerkleinern
  4. (transitive) to make change; to convert paper money into coins

Conjugation

Further reading

  • kleinmachen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kleinmachen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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