liten

See also: Liten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lítill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːtn/

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)

small (not large), little

Derived terms

knøttliten
ørliten

References

“liten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lítill, accusative masculine singular lítinn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²liːtn̩/ (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)

small, little

Derived terms

knøttliten
ørliten

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²liːtn̩/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

liten

masculine and feminine past participle of lita and lite

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliːtn̩/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

liten m

singular definite of lit

References

“liten” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

liten

Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of litar.
Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of litar.
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/
audio (file)

Adjective

liten (comparative mindre, superlative minst)

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	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 the predicative.

Noun

liten

definite singular of lit