tanig

Dutch

Etymology

From taan +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaː.nəx/
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  • Hyphenation: ta‧nig
  • Rhymes: -aːnəx

Adjective

tanig (comparative taniger, superlative tanigst)

  1. tawny, brownish, orange brown
    • 2012, Hella S. Haasse, Cider voor arme mensen, Querido.
      Zitten in de zon gaf haar niet meer een gave bruine blos zoals vroeger, maar maakte haar tanig, met een maskertje van onregelmatige pigmentvlekken.
  2. colourless
  3. thin, lean, scrawny

Inflection
Inflection of tanig
uninflected tanig
inflected tanige
comparative taniger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial tanigtanigerhet tanigst
het tanigste
indefinite m./f. sing. tanigetanigeretanigste
n. sing. tanigtanigertanigste
plural tanigetanigeretanigste
definite tanigetanigeretanigste
partitive tanigstanigers—

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɑːˈnɪɡ/
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Adjective

tanig (comparative tanigare, superlative tanigast)

  1. gaunt, scrawny, skinny
    Synonyms: klen, mager

Declension
Inflection of tanig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tanig tanigare tanigast
Neuter singular tanigt tanigare tanigast
Plural taniga tanigare tanigast
Masculine plural3 tanige tanigare tanigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tanige tanigare tanigaste
All taniga tanigare tanigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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