mindre

adjectiveadjektiv

smaller · less, fewer · minor, smallish, slight

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt minni, komparativ av litensmall, little · young · slight, minor; jamfør minstsmallest, least · at least, no less than · youngest Old Norse minni, comparative of litensmall, little · young · slight, minor; compare minstsmallest, least · at least, no less than · youngest

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

ikke så stor (som) not as big (as)
- han er mindre enn jeg he is smaller than I am
- har du et nummer mindre? do you have a smaller size?
om barn: yngre of children: younger
- hun passet de mindre søsknene she looked after the younger siblings
heller liten i omfang eller størrelse rather small in extent or size
- en mindre pengesum a smallish sum of money
- en mindre by a smallish town
færre fewer
- mindre enn ti elever fewer than ten pupils
brukt som adverb: i svakere grad;
ikke så mye (som) used as an adverb: to a lesser degree;
not as much (as)
- bli mindre og mindre interessert to become less and less interested
- dess mer en strever, dess mindre tilfreds blir en the more one strives, the less content one becomes
brukt som substantiv: ganske liten mengde used as a noun: a fairly small quantity
- vi har mindre å gjøre enn før we have less to do than before
- en kan bli sint for mindre one can get angry over less

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

ikke desto mindre til tross for det in spite of that Eng. phrasenone the less

mer eller mindre i varierende grad;
nokså to a varying degree;
fairly Eng. phrasemore or less

mer eller mindre tilfeldig more or less by chance
han er mer eller mindre gal he is more or less mad

mindre kan ikke gjøre det såpass må til that much is needed Eng. phrasenothing less will do

han stiller opp i mørk dress, mindre kan ikke gjøre det he turns up in a dark suit, nothing less will do