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Thank you! I was wondering whether I could use ‘diminutive’ or not in that context. I happen to be Norwegian, by the way - and Dutch happens to be quite fascin
by lb1lf 9y ago
Thank you! I was wondering whether I could use ‘diminutive’ or not in that context.
I happen to be Norwegian, by the way - and Dutch happens to be quite fascinating in that there are enough similarities with Norwegian and German for me to be able to read Dutch well enough to understand what is going on - I’d never read a novel in Dutch, but newspapers are fair game.
- Vinnl 9y agoTo be fair, I'm not sure if I could either, so don't assume it is valid just because I used it. I tried to look it up, but didn't get anything conclusive about it within two minutes so I just assumed people would understand what I meant. It's really fascinating that you're able to understand Dutch newspapers though! Despite knowing quite some German as well, Norwegian doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. I can correctly guess some Swedish (which I seem to recall is similar?) words when written down some of the time, but far from often enough to be able to follow newspaper articles.
- jdmichal 9y agoIt's definitely a diminutive form, along with -lein, which operates the same way regarding gender and umlaut.