tunnhårig

Swedish

Etymology

tunn (“thin”) +‎ hår (“hair”) +‎ -ig (“-ed”)

Adjective

tunnhårig (comparative tunnhårigare, superlative tunnhårigast)

  1. having sparse hair (on the head, usually implying balding); balding, thinning, etc.

Usage notes

"He is balding" in general would often be expressed as "Han börjar bli skallig" (He is starting to become bald) or "Han tappar hår(et)" (He is losing [dropping] (his) hair).

Declension

Inflection of tunnhårig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tunnhårig tunnhårigare tunnhårigast
neuter singular tunnhårigt tunnhårigare tunnhårigast
plural tunnhåriga tunnhårigare tunnhårigast
masculine plural2 tunnhårige tunnhårigare tunnhårigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tunnhårige tunnhårigare tunnhårigaste
all tunnhåriga tunnhårigare tunnhårigaste

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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