liten
See also: Liten
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
liten (feminine singular lita or liten, neuter singular lite or smått, definite singular lille or vesle, plural små, comparative mindre, indefinite superlative minst, definite superlative minste)
Derived terms
References
- “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse lítill, accusative masculine singular lítinn.
Pronunciation
Adjective
liten (masculine liten, feminine lita, neuter lite, definite singular litle/lisle/vesle, plural små/småe, comparative mindre, indefinite superlative minst, definite superlative minste)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
liten
- (deprecated template usage) masculine and feminine past participle of lita
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
liten m
References
- “liten” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Verb
liten
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of litar.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of litar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of litar.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse lítinn, accusative of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
liten (comparative mindre, superlative minst)
- small, little; of small size
- Men så små hennes händer är!
- Look how small her hands are!
- Varför ger du mig alltid den minsta biten?
- Why do you always give me the smallest piece?
- Men så små hennes händer är!
Usage notes
- In compound words, små- is often used, as in småbarn, or småadel, or lill- as in lillfinger and lillgammal, or more rarely lille- as in lillebror or lillefar.
Declension
Inflection of liten | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | liten | mindre | minst |
Neuter singular | litet | mindre | minst |
Plural | små | mindre | minst |
Masculine plural3 | små | mindre | minst |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lille | mindre | minste |
All | lilla | mindre | minsta |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Noun
liten
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