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See also: Liten
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse lítinn, masculine accusative singular of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz. Cognates include English little.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
liten (masculine liten, feminine lita, neuter lite, definite singular litle or vesle, plural små or småe or vesle, comparative mindre, indefinite superlative minst, definite superlative minste)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
liten
- past participle of lita and lite
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
liten m
Etymology 4[edit]
Noun[edit]
lìten m
References[edit]
- “liten” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
liten
- inflection of litar:
Swedish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse lítinn, accusative of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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?
- (figuratively) young, as a child.
- ett litet barn ― a little child
- (writing, not comparable) small, lowercase
Usage notes[edit]
- 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[edit]
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 |
Antonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
liten
Further reading[edit]
- liten in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams[edit]
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