lillebror

Danish

Alternative forms

• lillebroder

Noun

lillebror c (singular definite lillebroren, plural indefinite lillebrødre)

1. little brother (a sibling's younger brother)

Inflection

Declension of lillebror

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lillebror	lillebroren	lillebrødre	lillebrødrene
genitive	lillebrors	lillebrorens	lillebrødres	lillebrødrenes

Coordinate terms

• storesøster (elder sister) lillesøster (younger sister), storebror (elder brother)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From lille +‎ bror.

Noun

lillebror m (definite singular lillebroren, indefinite plural lillebrødre, definite plural lillebrødrene)

1. little brother (younger brother)

Synonyms

• veslebror (Nynorsk also)

References

• “lillebror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “lillebror” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Alternative forms

• lillebrorsa (colloquial)
• lillbrorsa (colloquial)

Etymology

lille +‎ bror

Noun

lillebror c

1. a little brother (a sibling's younger brother)

   Antonym: storebror

Declension

Declension of lillebror
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lillebror	lillebrodern	lillebröder	lillebröderna
Genitive	lillebrors	lillebroderns	lillebröders	lillebrödernas

See also

• lillasyster (“little sister”)

References

• lillebror in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lillebror in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lillebror in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)