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)

1. comparative degree of lille

Adverb

mindre (uninflected)

1. comparative degree of lidt

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

mindre

1. inflection of mindern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

mind +‎ -re

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmindrɛ]
• Hyphenation: mind‧re

Pronoun

mindre

1. sublative singular of mind

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse minni.

Adjective

mindre

1. comparative degree of liten (smaller)

mindre (indeclinable)

1. less
2. minor
3. smaller

   ikke mindre enn - no fewer than; no less than

Adverb

mindre

1. 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

1. comparative degree of liten

Adverb

mindre

1. comparative degree of lite

Derived terms

• meir eller mindre
• mindreverd
• mindreverdig
• mindreårig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô.

Adjective

mindre

1. smaller; comparative degree of liten
2. 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

1. 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.