liten

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lítill.

Pronunciation

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

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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

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Participle

liten

  1. past participle of lita and lite

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

liten m

  1. definite singular of lit

Etymology 4

Noun

lìten m

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

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Spanish

Verb

liten

  1. inflection of litar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːtɛn/
  • (file)
  • 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?
  2. (figuratively) young, as a child.
    ett litet barna little child
  3. (writing, not comparable) small, lowercase
Usage notes
Declension
Inflection of liten
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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

liten

  1. definite singular of lit

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