hårfin
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From hår (“thin”) + fin (“fine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hårfin (neuter hårfint, plural and definite singular attributive hårfine)
References[edit]
- “hårfin” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hårfin (masculine and feminine hårfin, neuter hårfint, definite singular and plural hårfine)
- hairline (crack)
- minute, fine, subtle
- hair-splitting
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hårfin (neuter hårfint, definite singular and plural hårfine)
- hairline (crack)
- minute, fine, subtle
- hair-splitting
References[edit]
- “hårfin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hårfin (not comparable)
- very thin
- (by extension) very small or subtle; minute, subtle, fine
- en hårfin seger
- a victory by a hair
- en hårfin skillnad
- a very subtle difference
Declension[edit]
Inflection of hårfin | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | hårfin | — | — |
Neuter singular | hårfint | — | — |
Plural | hårfina | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | hårfine | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | hårfine | — | — |
All | hårfina | — | — |
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 |
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