Swedish adverb · adjective· top 1,000 most common

mindre

lessAlso the comparative of lite and the comparative of liten.

mindre as an adverb

Meaning

less

In Swedish: inte så mycket, i lägre grad

mindre as an adjective

Meaning

smaller

In Swedish: obetydligare (i storlek); tämligen liten

Practise mindre

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What does mindre mean?

mindre in a sentence

  • Prata mindre och handla mer!
    Less talk and more action!
  • mer eller mindre tydligt
    more or less clear
  • på mindre än tio sekunder
    in less than ten seconds
  • priserna har höjts med inte mindre än tio procent
    prices have gone up by no less than ten percent
  • han är mindre än sin bror
    he is smaller than his brother
  • ett mindre företag
    a small company

Questions

What does mindre mean in English?

mindre means “less”.

Where the course teaches it

Origin

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

Nearby common words

mindre is number 669 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary