"liten" meaning in Swedish

See liten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /²liːtɛn/ Audio: Sv-liten.ogg
Rhymes: -iːtɛn Etymology: From Old Norse lítinn, accusative of lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|lítinn}} Old Norse lítinn, {{m|non|lítill}} lítill, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*lītilaz}} Proto-Germanic *lītilaz Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|mindre|superlative|minst|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} liten (comparative mindre, superlative minst), {{sv-adj|mindre|minst}} liten (comparative mindre, superlative minst) Forms: mindre [comparative], minst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], liten [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], mindre [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], minst [common-gender, indefinite, singular, 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 [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], mindre [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], minst [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], lille [definite, masculine, positive, singular], mindre [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], minste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], lilla [definite, positive], mindre [comparative, definite], minsta [definite, superlative]
  1. small, little; of small size
    Sense id: en-liten-sv-adj-9hRKJpMd
  2. (figuratively) young, as a child. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-liten-sv-adj-mDU~wEOK
  3. (writing, not comparable) small, lowercase Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Writing
    Sense id: en-liten-sv-adj-YRiQJgj- Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 59 35 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|sv|noun form}} liten
  1. definite singular of lit Tags: definite, form-of, singular Form of: lit
    Sense id: en-liten-sv-noun-5hkKrv29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for liten meaning in Swedish (5.2kB)

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          "english": "Look how small her hands are!",
          "text": "Men så små hennes händer är!",
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        {
          "english": "Why do you always give me the smallest piece?",
          "text": "Varför ger du mig alltid den minsta biten?",
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