kleintje

Definitions of kleintje
  1. noun
    a very young mammal
    synonyms: baby, bébé, kindje, kleine, zuigeling
  2. noun
    a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
    synonyms: baby, boreling, bébé, infant, jonggeborene, kindje, kleine, kleuter, pasgeborene, zuigeling
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    cherub
    a sweet innocent baby
    vondeling
    a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
    petekind
    an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
    reageerbuisbaby
    a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
    peetzoon
    a male godchild
    type of:
    kind, koter, loot, spruit
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
  3. noun
    something of small importance
    synonyms: snipperwerk
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    bagatelle, franje, tierelantijntjes, tierlantijntjes
    something of little value or significance
    type of:
    ding, voorwerp
    a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
  4. noun
    a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
  5. noun
    any immature animal
    synonyms: jong, jonkie
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    baby, bébé, kindje, kleine, zuigeling
    a very young mammal
    hondejong, hondenjong, pup, puppy
    young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf
    welp
    the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
    adelaarsjong
    a young eagle
    kippetje, kuiken
    young bird especially of domestic fowl
    kalf, kuit
    young of domestic cattle
    kalf
    young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
    katje
    young domestic cat
    veulen
    a young horse
    big, keu
    a young pig
    koekalf, pinkvaars, schotter, vaars, vaarskalf, varekoe
    young cow
    os
    young bull
    lam, lammetje, schaap
    young sheep
    hindekalf, reekalf
    a young deer
    type of:
    antichrist, antikrist, beest, dier, gedierte
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
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