liten – Swedish adjective declension

Swedish adjective forms of liten

Adjective: liten

Hyphenation:

Indefinite Forms

Singular

Neuterlitet

Plural

små

Definite Forms

Singular Masculine

lille

All Other Forms

lilla

Comparison Forms

Comparative

Indefinitemindre
Definitemindre

Superlative

Indefiniteminst
Definiteminsta

Perifrastic Comparison Forms

Sample Sentences

  • 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?)
  • ett litet barn (a little child)

Adjectives inflected like liten

liten,

Etymology

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

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