tunnhårig

Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

tunnhårig (comparative tunnhårigare, superlative tunnhårigast)

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.

References