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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

winzig

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vɪnt͡sɪç

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Weeny/ˈwiː.ni/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie fand ein winziges Kätzchen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Extremely small in size; tiny or diminutive.

    "She found a weeny kitten hiding under the porch."
As noun
  1. 1

    Something that is extremely small, or a slight, insignificant amount.

    "Just cut a weeny piece of cake for me, please."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in early 20th-century colloquial English, 'weeny' is an alteration and diminutive form of 'wee', meaning very small. The suffix '-y' was added to create an affectionate or casual descriptor for something exceptionally miniature in scale.

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