lütt

Borrowed from German Low German lütt, from Middle Low German lüttek, from Old Saxon luttik, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz. Cognate with archaic German lützel, English little, Dutch luttel, Danish lille, Swedish/Norwegian liten. More at little.

• IPA^(key): /lʏt/

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lütt (strong nominative masculine singular lütter, comparative lütter, superlative am lüttsten or am lüttesten)

1. (colloquial, regional, Northern Germany) small, little

   Synonym: klein

   Meine Kollegin Sabine hatte heut ihren lütten Jungen mit zur Arbeit.

   My colleague Sabine brought her little boy to work today.

   • 1995, “Meh' Bier”, in Auf einem Auge blöd, performed by Fettes Brot:

     Oh, ich bin am Pilse bügeln allein im Waschkeller / Such noch 'ne volle Knolle aber jemand war schneller / Herr Gastgeber, noch'n lütten Stimmungsheber / Ich mach noch einen weg, hab 'ne Leber wie'n Seebär

     I'm sippin' pilsners alone in the washing cellar / Searchin' for a full bottle, but someone was faster / Mr Host, another little mood lightener / I just finish one more, got a liver like a seadog.

• lüttje Lage
• Nutte (perhaps)

• lüttj, lütch
• lüttk, lütk

From Middle Low German lüttek, from Old Saxon luttik, from Proto-Germanic *luttikaz. Cognate with Dutch luttel, English little.

lütt (comparative lütter, superlative lüttst)

1. little, small
   • Theodor Fontane, poem "Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland" (in High German with some High and Low German speech)

     Lütt Dirn,
     Kumm man röwer, ick hebb' ne Birn

     Little Girl, come over to me, I have a pear

The following declension only represents one of many possible dialectal grammars.

• kleen
• minn
• naar