tanig
Dutch
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edittanig (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
editDeclension of tanig | ||||
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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
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edittanig (comparative tanigare, superlative tanigast)
Declension
editInflection of tanig | |||
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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 |