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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. colourless
  3. thin, lean, scrawny

Declension

Declension of tanig
uninflected tanig
inflected tanige
comparative taniger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial tanig taniger het tanigst
het tanigste
indefinite m./f. sing. tanige tanigere tanigste
n. sing. tanig taniger tanigste
plural tanige tanigere tanigste
definite tanige tanigere tanigste
partitive tanigs tanigers

Swedish

Etymology

Compare tana and tänja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːˈnɪɡ/
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Adjective

tanig (comparative tanigare, superlative tanigast)

  1. scrawny, skinny (of a person or animal or part of the body)
    en tanig liten pojke
    a skinny little boy
    taniga grenar
    skinny branches [by extension]

Declension

Inflection of tanig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tanig tanigare tanigast
neuter singular tanigt tanigare tanigast
plural taniga tanigare tanigast
masculine plural2 tanige tanigare tanigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tanige tanigare tanigaste
all taniga tanigare tanigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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