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Liten

Liten

See also: liten

Norwegian

Proper noun

Liten

  1. (rare) A female given name.

liten

liten

See also: Liten

Norwegian Bokmål

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

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lítill, accusative masculine singular lítinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːtn/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

liten (masculine liten, feminine lita, neuter lite, definite singular litle/lisle/vesle, plural små/småe, comparative mindre, indefinite superlative minst, definite superlative minste)

  1. small, little

Derived terms

Verb

liten

  1. masculine and feminine past participle of lita and lite

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Spanish

Verb

liten

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of litar.
  2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of litar.
  3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of litar.

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːˌtɛn/

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?

Declension

Inflection of liten
Indefinite/attributive 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 an attributive role.

Noun

liten

  1. definite singular of lit