mindre

From Old Danish minnæ, mindræ, from Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, cognate with Swedish mindre, German minder.

• IPA^(key): /mendrə/, [ˈmend̥ʁɐ]

mindre (uninflected)

1. comparative degree of lille

mindre (uninflected)

1. comparative degree of lidt

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mindre

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

mind +‎ -re

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

mindre

1. sublative singular of mind

From Old Norse minni.

mindre

1. comparative degree of liten (smaller)

mindre (indeclinable)

1. less
2. minor
3. smaller

   ikke mindre enn - no fewer than; no less than

mindre

1. less

• mer eller mindre
• mindreverdig
• mindreårig

• “mindre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse minni.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪndrə/

mindre

1. comparative degree of liten

mindre

1. comparative degree of lite

• meir eller mindre
• mindreverd
• mindreverdig
• mindreårig

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

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

mindre

1. Comparative of lite

• ("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.