liten

See also: Liten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lítill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːtn/

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)

1. small (not large), little

Derived terms

• knøttliten
• ørliten

References

• “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lítinn, masculine accusative singular of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz. Cognates include English little.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːtn̩/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

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)

1. small, little

Derived terms

• knøttliten
• ørliten

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːtn̩/ (example of pronunciation)

Participle

liten

1. past participle of lita and lite

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːtn̩/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

liten m

1. definite singular of lit

Etymology 4

Noun

lìten m

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of lìt

References

• “liten” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Spanish

Verb

liten

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of litar.
2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of litar.
3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present subjunctive form of litar.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lítinn, accusative of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːtɛn/

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• Rhymes: -iːtɛn

Adjective

liten (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

1. 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?

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
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	liten	mindre	minst
Neuter singular	litet	mindre	minst
Plural	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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

liten

1. definite singular of lit

Anagrams

• linet