mindre

Danish

Adjective

mindre

1. less; comparative degree of lille

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

mindre

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of mindern.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of mindern.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of mindern.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of mindern.

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Hungarian

Etymology

mind +‎ -re

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

mindre

1. sublative singular of mind

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse minni

Adjective

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

mindre

1. less

Derived terms

• mer eller mindre
• mindreverdig
• mindreårig

References

• “mindre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse minni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪndrə/

Adjective

mindre

1. comparative degree of liten

Adverb

mindre

1. comparative degree of lite

Derived terms

• meir eller mindre
• mindreverd
• mindreverdig
• mindreårig

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

mindre

1. smaller; Template:sv-adj-form-comp
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

mindre

1. Comparative of lite

Usage notes

• ("med mindre") Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.