mënder
Ladin
Etymology
From Middle High German minder, minner, minre, from Old High German minniro, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of adjective deriving from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”).
Adjective
mënder m (feminine singular mëndra, masculine plural mëndri, feminine plural mëndres)
- comparative degree of pitl
- smaller
- Mi cësa ie mëndra de la tia.
- My house is smaller than yours.
- less
- shorter
- lesser
- younger
- smaller
- superlative degree of pitl
- smallest
- shortest
- youngest
- L mënder di trëi fredesc.
- The youngest of the three brothers.
Noun
mënder m (plural mëndri)
- younger
- youngest
- Ël ie l mënder.
- He is the youngest.
- child
- L mënder ne ie nia tlo.
- The child is not here.
- minor (underage person)