mindre
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish minnæ, mindræ, from Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, cognate with Swedish mindre, German minder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mendrə/, [ˈmend̥ʁɐ]
Adjective
mindre (uninflected)
- comparative degree of lille
Adverb
mindre (uninflected)
- comparative degree of lidt
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
mindre
- inflection of mindern:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hungarian
Etymology
mind + -re
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmindrɛ]
- Hyphenation: mind‧re
Pronoun
mindre
- sublative singular of mind
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse minni.
Adjective
mindre
- comparative degree of liten (smaller)
mindre (indeclinable)
- less
- minor
- smaller
- ikke mindre enn - no fewer than; no less than
Adverb
mindre
- less
Derived terms
- mer eller mindre
- mindreverdig
- mindreårig
References
- “mindre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse minni.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪndrə/
Adjective
mindre
- comparative degree of liten
Adverb
mindre
- comparative degree of lite
Derived terms
- meir eller mindre
- mindreverd
- mindreverdig
- mindreårig
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô.
Adjective
mindre
- smaller; comparative degree of liten
- less (comparative of lite)
- I have less tea than you - Jag har mindre te än du (colloquial), Jag har mindre te än vad du har (formal)
- I have less tea than coffee - Jag har mindre te än kaffe
- I had to wait less than ten minutes - Jag fick vänta mindre än tio minuter
Adverb
mindre
- Comparative of lite
Usage notes
- ("med mindre") Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.