/²liːtɛn/
UrsprungFrom Old Norse lítinn, accusative of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.
- 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?
- figurativelyyoung, as a child.
“ett litet barn” — a little child
- not-comparablesmall, lowercase
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular of lit
Formermindre(comparative) · minst(superlative) · liten(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · mindre(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · minst(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · litet(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · mindre(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · minst(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · små(indefinite, plural, positive) · mindre(comparative, indefinite, plural) · minst(indefinite, plural, superlative) · små(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · mindre(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · minst(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · lille(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · mindre(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · minste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · lilla(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · mindre(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · minsta(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)