förminska

== Swedish == === Etymology === för- +‎ minska (“decrease”) === Verb === förminska (present förminskar, preterite förminskade, supine förminskat, imperative förminska) to shrink, to diminish, to reduce (make smaller or less in number) to diminish (more abstractly) to diminish, to belittle (someone) ==== Usage notes ==== Compared to minska, förminska is active in the sense that "Befolkningen minskade" means "The population decreased" while "Befolkningen förminskade" means "The population made something smaller" (which would usually be nonsensical). "Befolkningen förminskade texten" means "The population reduced the size of the text," as a comparison. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== See also ==== förstora === References === “förminska”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “förminska”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)