FromOld Danishlitlæ, fromOld Norselítli, a definite form oflítill. Related toliden.
lille (neuterlille,plural and definite singular attributivesmå,comparativemindre,superlative (predicative)mindst,superlative (attributive)mindste)
- small,little,slight
- Antonym:stor
- lower case
- (with precise units of measurement)Denoting a slightly smaller quantity.
2012, Jakob Knudsen,Håbefulde hjerte, Art People,→ISBN:Enlille time senere ankom de tre politifolk til det afdøde ægtepars villa på Rosenstien 14.- Slightly less than an hour later, the three police officers arrived at the villa of the deceased married couple at Rosenstien 14.
2012, Frank Bøgh,Palle Sørensen: Politimorder, Art People,→ISBN:Der gik etlille år, før man fandt en ledig bolig til den nu løsladte politimorder.- Just under a year passed before a vacant home was found for the now released police killer.
2010, Adam Price, James Price,Spise med Price sæson 2, Lindhardt og Ringhof,→ISBN, page148:Følgende opskrift giver etlille kilo dej, og det er selvfølgelig en stor portion, ...- The following recipe yieldsslightly less than a kilo of dough, and that is of course a large portion, ...
2012, Niels Skousen,Herfra hvor jeg står, Gyldendal A/S,→ISBN:Enlille kilometer nede ad vejen, bag en hæk og kranset af høje popler, lå skolen med en gruset gårdsplads foran.- Slightly less than a kilometer down the road, behind a hedge and surrounded by tall poplars, lay the school, with a gravelled yard in front.
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- genitivesingular oflill
- partitivesingular oflill
- illativesingular oflill
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- definitesingular ofliten
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- definitenatural masculinesingular ofliten
