mindre

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish minnæ, mindræ, from Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, cognate with Swedish mindre, German minder.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mendrə/, [ˈmend̥ʁɐ]

Adjective

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mindre (uninflected)

  1. comparative degree of lille

Adverb

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mindre (uninflected)

  1. comparative degree of lidt

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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mindre

  1. inflection of mindern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hungarian

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Etymology

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mind +‎ -re

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmindrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: mind‧re

Pronoun

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mindre

  1. sublative singular of mind

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse minni.

Adjective

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mindre

  1. comparative degree of liten (smaller)

mindre (indeclinable)

  1. less
  2. minor
  3. smaller
    ikke mindre enn - no fewer than; no less than

Adverb

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mindre

  1. less

Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse minni.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mindre

  1. comparative degree of liten

Adverb

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mindre

  1. comparative degree of lite

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô.

Adjective

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mindre

  1. smaller; comparative degree of liten
  2. less (comparative of lite)
    I have less tea than you - Jag har mindre te än du (colloquial), Jag har mindre te än vad du har (formal)
    I have less tea than coffee - Jag har mindre te än kaffe
    I had to wait less than ten minutes - Jag fick vänta mindre än tio minuter

Adverb

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mindre

  1. Comparative of lite

Usage notes

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