tanig
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tanig (comparative taniger, superlative tanigst)
- 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)
- colourless
- thin, lean, scrawny
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection 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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tanig (comparative tanigare, superlative tanigast)
Declension[edit]
| 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 | |||