liten
See also: Liten
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse lítinn, masculine accusative singular of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz. Cognates include English little.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
liten
- past participle of lita and lite
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
liten m
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
lìten m
ReferencesEdit
- “liten” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
liten
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of litar.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of litar.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of litar.
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse lítinn, accusative of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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?
- Men så små hennes händer är!
Usage notesEdit
- 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.
DeclensionEdit
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 |
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 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
NounEdit
liten
- definite singular of lit