lätt

See also: latt, lått, and lætt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lǣtter, from Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛt/
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Adjective

lätt (comparative lättare, superlative lättast)

  1. light; of low weight
  2. (of food) light; containing only small amounts of fat and/or sugar
  3. (of alcoholic drinks) containing only small amounts of alcohol; containing less alcohol than customary
  4. easy; not difficult

Usage notes

When referring to food or drinks it is often used as the first part of a compound: lättöl (alcohol-weak beer), lättmjölk (low-fat milk).

Declension

Inflection of lätt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lätt lättare lättast
Neuter singular lätt lättare lättast
Plural lätta lättare lättast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lätte lättare lättaste
All lätta lättare lättaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

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