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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse lítli, a definite form of lítill.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lille (neuter lille, plural and definite singular attributive små, comparative mindre, superlative (predicative) mindst, superlative (attributive) mindste)
- small, little, slight
- lower case
- (with precise units of measurement) Denoting a slightly smaller quantity.
- 2012, Jakob Knudsen, Håbefulde hjerte, Art People, →ISBN:
- En lille time senere ankom de tre politifolk til det afdøde ægtepars villa på Rosenstien 14.
- Slightly less than an hour later, the three police officers arrived at the villa of the deceased married couple at Rosenstien 14.
- 2012, Frank Bøgh, Palle Sørensen: Politimorder, Art People, →ISBN:
- Der gik et lille år, før man fandt en ledig bolig til den nu løsladte politimorder.
- Just under a year passed before a vacant home was found for the now released police killer.
- 2010, Adam Price, James Price, Spise med Price sæson 2, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 148:
- Følgende opskrift giver et lille kilo dej, og det er selvfølgelig en stor portion, ...
- The following recipe yields slightly less than a kilo of dough, and that is of course a large portion, ...
- 2012, Niels Skousen, Herfra hvor jeg står, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- En lille kilometer nede ad vejen, bag en hæk og kranset af høje popler, lå skolen med en gruset gårdsplads foran.
- Slightly less than a kilometer down the road, behind a hedge and surrounded by tall poplars, lay the school, with a gravelled yard in front.
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Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
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Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lille