No. 136 in Danish
lille
"Little" or "small."
In a sentence
Jeg har en lille hund.
I have a small dog.
Here, 'lille' is an adjective describing the noun 'hund', indicating its small size.
Den butik er meget lille.
That shop is very small.
In this sentence, 'lille' is also an adjective but is now used with the intensifier 'meget' to emphasize how small the shop is.
Kan du give mig den lille bog?
Can you give me the small book?
Here, 'lille' functions adjectivally to differentiate the specific book as the smaller one among others.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “lille” in actual Danish podcasts.
Find “lille” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Danish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into dansk, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Danish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).