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.

See also

• klen
• mager

References

• tanig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tanig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tanig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)