liten
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.