Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Danish minnæ, mindræ, from Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, cognate with Swedish mindre, German minder.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mendrə/, [ˈmend̥ʁɐ]

Adjective edit

mindre (uninflected)

  1. comparative degree of lille

Adverb edit

mindre (uninflected)

  1. comparative degree of lidt

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

mindre

  1. inflection of mindern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

mind +‎ -re

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmindrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: mind‧re

Pronoun edit

mindre

  1. sublative singular of mind

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse minni.

Adjective edit

mindre

  1. comparative degree of liten (smaller)

mindre (indeclinable)

  1. less
  2. minor
  3. smaller
    ikke mindre enn - no fewer than; no less than

Adverb edit

mindre

  1. less

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse minni.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mindre

  1. comparative degree of liten

Adverb edit

mindre

  1. comparative degree of lite

Derived terms edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô.

Adjective edit

mindre

  1. smaller; comparative degree of liten
  2. less (comparative of lite)
    I have less tea than you - Jag har mindre te än du (colloquial), Jag har mindre te än vad du har (formal)
    I have less tea than coffee - Jag har mindre te än kaffe
    I had to wait less than ten minutes - Jag fick vänta mindre än tio minuter

Adverb edit

mindre

  1. Comparative of lite

Usage notes edit

  • ("med mindre") Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.