thin

See also: Thìn, þin, þín, thiⁿ, thîn, and tħin

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *þunnī

Old English þynne

Middle English thinne / thenne / thünne

English thin

From Middle English thinne, thenne, thünne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).

Cognates

Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɪn/
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(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈθən/
(UK, th-fronting) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪn
Hyphenation: thin
Homophones: fin (th-fronting), tin (th-stopping)

Adjective

thin (comparative thinner, superlative thinnest)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
- 1853, Charles MacFarlane, Kismet: or, The doom of Turkey, page 66:
  It was no mystery at all, or a mystery covered only with the thinnest and most transparent veil, that forced abortion is a common practice among Turkish women. The horrible secret as to the means and the drugs to be employed is pretty generally known, and where ignorance prevails there are "wise women," old hags, professional abortists, who go about the country relieving matrons of their burthens for a few piastres apiece […]
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
  Out of spite, the human beings pretended not to believe that it was Snowball who had destroyed the windmill: they said that it had fallen down because the walls were too thin.
- 2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2020:
  The newest form of gold created in a lab is the thickness of two atoms, according to a new study. It’s only 0.47 nanometers thick, which is one million times thinner than a human finger nail. […] This makes it the thinnest unsupported gold ever created and it could be used in electronics and medical devices going forward.
  The gold is made up of two layers of atoms stacked on top of each other. But don’t let the thin structure fool you.
- 2024 March 16, Rishabh Sabarwal, “Fortnite hitboxes: Do skins have a competitive advantage?”, in Dexerto‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 August 2024:
  However, the misconception regarding skin hitboxes was created by a subset of players who believed that wearing thinner skins enhanced their gameplay.
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Synonym: twiggy

thin wire; thin string
- 2015 July 6, “Assessment of the Impact of Zoledronic Acid on Ovariectomized Osteoporosis Model Using Micro-CT Scanning”, in PLOS ONE‎^[3], →DOI, archived from the original on 1 April 2022:
  Typically, osteoporosis causes the amount of trabecular bone to be reduced and the bone to become thinner, while the intertrabecular space enlarges and the interconnected structure of trabecular bone is disrupted.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
thin person
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
Water is thinner than honey.
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
- 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
a thin, tight-lipped smile
- 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
  thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
a thin disguise
(aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- 2016, Hartmut Wolf, Peter Forsyth, David Gillen, Liberalization in Aviation, page 105:
  In short, we previously found that thin routes benefit from an increase in competition in the Spanish airline market when considering routes that were monopoly routes in 2001.
Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- 1945, Jack Henry, What Price Crime?, page 92:
  Like their friends the "draggers," the "hoisters" or shoplifters are having a thin time these days, […]

Synonyms

(having little thickness from one surface to its opposite): narrow; see also Thesaurus:narrow
(very narrow in all diameters): fine
(having little body fat or flesh): reedy, skinny, slender, slim, svelte, waifish; see also Thesaurus:slender or Thesaurus:scrawny
(of low viscosity): runny, watery; see also Thesaurus:runny
(not close or crowded): spaced out, sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
(not numerous): scant, scarce, slight

Antonyms

thick

Derived terms

Related terms

thinness

Translations

having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite — see also fine

Abkhaz: апа́ (apʼá)
Aklanon: manipis
Albanian: i hollë (sq)
Altai:
Southern Altai: јука (ǰuka)
Arabic: رَفِيع (rafīʕ), رَقِيق (raqīq)
Chadian Arabic: رقيق (rigayag)

Egyptian Arabic: رفيع f (rofayyaʕ)

Iraqi Arabic: مصوي f (maṣwī)
Armenian: բարակ (hy) (barak)
Arrernte:
Eastern Arrernte: utyewe
Assamese: খীণ (khin)
Azerbaijani: nazik (az), incə (az)
Bashkir: йоҡа (yuqa)
Basque: mehe
Belarusian: то́нкі (be) (tónki)
Bikol:
Central Bikol: mahimpis (bcl)
Bulgarian: тъ́нък (bg) (tắnăk)
Burmese: ပါး (my) (pa:)
Carpathian Rusyn: тонкый (tonkŷj)
Catalan: fi (ca)
Cebuano: nipis
Chechen: дуткъа (dutqʼa)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 薄 (bok⁶)

Dungan: бә (bə)

Mandarin: 薄 (zh) (báo), 細 / 细 (zh) (xì), 瘦 (zh) (shòu)
Czech: tenký (cs)
Danish: tynd (da)
Dongxiang: narun
Dutch: dun (nl)
Erzya: чова (čova), човине (čovine)
Estonian: peen (et), peenike
Evenki: нэмкун (nəmkun)
Faroese: tunnur (fo)
Finnish: ohut (fi)
French: mince (fr)
Friulian: sutîl
Georgian: თხელი (txeli)
German: dünn (de)
Alemannic German: tünn

Middle High German: dünne
Greek: λεπτός (el) (leptós), ψιλός (el) (psilós)
Ancient Greek: λεπτός (leptós)
Haida: sdáaya
Hawaiian: lahi
Hebrew: דַּק (he) m (daq)
Higaonon: manipis
Hiligaynon: manipis
Hindi: पतला (hi) (patlā), दुबला (hi) (dublā)
Hmong:
A-Hmao: 𖼽𖽔
Hungarian: vékony (hu)
Icelandic: þunnur (is)
Ido: dina (io)
Indonesian: tipis (id)
Ingrian: hoikka, laiha, ujo, ohukkain, kehno
Iranun: manipis
Irish: caol, tanaí
Old Irish: tanae, séim
Italian: sottile (it), fine (it)
Japanese: 薄い (ja) (うすい, usui), 細い (ja) (ほそい, hosoi)
Javanese: tipis (jv)
Kashubian: cenczi
Kazakh: жұқа (juqa), жіңішке (kk) (jiŋiške)
Khmer: ស្ដើង (km) (sdaəŋ)
Korean: 가늘다 (ko) (ganeulda), 얇다 (ko) (yalda)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: barik (ku)
Kyrgyz: жука (ky) (juka), ичке (ky) (icke)
Lao: ບາງ (bāng)
Latgalian: tīvs
Latin: subtīlis, tenuis, vescus
Latvian: tievs, plāns (lv)
Lithuanian: plonas
Livonian: pīenti, pīentõ
Luxembourgish: dënn
Macedonian: те́нок (ténok)
Maguindanao: manipis
Malay: nipis (ms)
Malayalam: നേർത്ത (ml) (nēṟtta)
Maltese: rqiq
Manchu: ᠨᡝᡴᡝᠯᡳᠶᡝᠨ (nekeliyen)
Mandar: manipis
Manobo:
Western Bukidnon Manobo: nipis
Mansaka: manipis
Manx: thanney
Māori: rahirahi, kōrahirahi, rauangi, pīrahirahi, rauiti, tūpuhipuhi
Maranao: manipis
Marathi: बारीक (bārīk)
Mizo: chër
Moksha: шуваня (šuvanä)
Mongolian: нимгэн (mn) (nimgen)
Nanai: нэмдэ (nemde)
Norwegian: tynn (no)
Occitan: fin (oc)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: тьнъкъ (tĭnŭkŭ)
Old East Slavic: тънъкъ (tŭnŭkŭ)
Old English: þynne
Old Saxon: thunni
Oromo: qallaa
Ossetian: тӕнӕг (tænæg)
Pashto: نری (ps) (naray)
Pennsylvania German: dinn
Persian: نازک (fa) (nâzok), تنک (fa) (tonok)
Plautdietsch: denn
Polish: cienki (pl)
Portuguese: fino (pt)
Quechua: tullu
Rapa Nui: ra'i
Romanian: slab (ro), subțire (ro)
Russian: то́нкий (ru) (tónkij)
Sanskrit: तनु (sa) (tanu)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: танак

Latin: tanak (sh)
Slovak: tenký
Slovene: tanek (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śańki

Upper Sorbian: ćeńki
Sundanese: ipis (su)
Swedish: tunn (sv)
Tagalog: manipis (tl)
Tajik: тунук (tg) (tunuk), нозук (nozuk)
Tatar: юка (yuqa)
Tausug: manipis
Tày: bang
Tetum: mihis
Thai: บาง (th) (baang)
Tooro: -taito, -ke
Turkish: ince (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: یوفقه (yufka)
Turkmen: inçe, ýuka
Ukrainian: тонки́й (uk) (tonkýj)
Urdu: پتلا (patlā), دبلا (dublā)
Uyghur: يۇپقا (yupqa)
Uzbek: yupqa (uz), ingichka (uz)
Vietnamese: mỏng (vi), mảnh (vi)
Vilamovian: dynn
Walloon: tene (wa) m or f
Welsh: tenau (cy)
Yakut: синньигэс (sinňiges)
Yiddish: דין (din)
Zazaki: barı (diq), barî
Zealandic: dun
Zhuang: mbang

very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions

Armenian: բարակ (hy) (barak)
Bashkir: нәҙек (näðik)
Bulgarian: тъ́нък (bg) (tắnăk)
Burmese: ပါး (my) (pa:)
Czech: tenký (cs)
Estonian: aher, õhuke (et)
Faroese: mjáur (fo), klænur, smalur
Finnish: ohut (fi)
French: mince (fr)
Friulian: sutîl
Georgian: წვრილი (c̣vrili)
German: dünn (de)
Middle High German: dünne
Greek: λεπτός (el) (leptós)
Hebrew: דַּק (he) m (daq)
Hungarian: vékony (hu)
Icelandic: mjór (is)
Ingrian: hoikka, hoikkain, ujo
Irish: caol, tanaí
Old Irish: tanae, séim
Italian: sottile (it)
Latin: subtīlis, tenuis
Latvian: tievs
Malay: nipis (ms)
Manchu: ᠨᠠᡵᡥᡡᠨ (narhūn)
Manx: thanney
Mizo: pan
Mongolian: нарийн (mn) (nariin)
Norwegian: tynn (no), smal (no)
Old English: þynne
Pashto: نری (ps) (naray)
Persian: باریک (fa) (bârik)
Plautdietsch: denn
Polish: cienki (pl), wąski (pl)
Portuguese: fino (pt) (of objects), ralo (pt) (as of hair)
Romanian: subțire (ro)
Russian: то́нкий (ru) (tónkij)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śańki
Swedish: klen (sv)
Telugu: సన్నని (sannani),
Ukrainian: тонки́й (uk) (tonkýj)
Welsh: tenau (cy)
Zazaki: barik

having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt — see also skinny

Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: ضعيف m (ḍʕif), ضعيفة f (ḍʕifa)
Armenian: նիհար (hy) (nihar)
Aromanian: slab
Azerbaijani: arıq (az)
Bashkir: , ябыҡ (yabıq), нәҙек (näðik)
Basque: argal
Bulgarian: тънък (bg) (tănăk), слаб (bg) (slab)
Catalan: prim (ca)
Cebuano: niwang
Cherokee: ᎤᎴᏐᏓ (ulesoda)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瘦 (sau³)

Mandarin: 瘦 (zh) (shòu)
Corsican: magru (co)
Czech: hubený (cs)
Dalmatian: muogro
Esperanto: maldika (eo)
Estonian: peenike, kõhn, kõhna, sale (et)
Finnish: laiha (fi), hoikka (fi), solakka (fi)
French: maigre (fr)
Galician: fraco (gl), delgado (gl), enxoito (gl), magro
Georgian: გამხდარი (gamxdari)
German: dünn (de), schlank (de)
Greek: αδύνατος (el) (adýnatos), λεπτός (el) (leptós)
Ancient Greek: λεπτός (leptós)
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} piru
Guianese Creole: mèg
Hebrew: רָזֶה (he)
Hungarian: vékony (hu), sovány (hu), karcsú (hu)
Icelandic: mjór (is)
Ido: magra (io), sengrasa (io)
Indonesian: kurus (id)
Ingrian: ujo
Irish: caol
Old Irish: tanae
Italian: magro (it), sottile (it), emaciato (it) m, consunto (it) m
Japanese: ほっそりした (hossori shita)
Kaqchikel: bʼaq
Korean: 마른 (mareun), 야위다 (ko) (yawida)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: macer, tenuis, gracilis
Latvian: tievs, slaids
Louisiana Creole: mins, mæg, mèg
Malay: kurus (ms)
Manchu: ᡨᡠᡵᡤᠠ (turga)
Manx: feiosagh, shang, thanney
Māori: pīwekeweke (of fish in poor condition), tūoi, puanga, hīroki, pirohea, tūpuhi, whīrokiroki
Mauritian Creole: meg
Mizo: ria, chër
Norman: maigre m or f
Norn: eken
Norwegian: tynn (no), slank
Occitan: prim (oc), magre (oc)
Old English: þynne
Pashto: ډنګر (ḍangër), نری (ps) (naray)
Persian: لاغر (fa) (lâġar)
Plautdietsch: denn
Polish: chudy (pl)
Portuguese: magro (pt) (of people or animals), tênue (pt) (slender), delgado (pt)
Quechua: agra
Rapa Nui: rikiriki
Réunion Creole French: mèg
Romanian: slab (ro)
Russian: худо́й (ru) (xudój), то́щий (ru) (tóščij)
Sicilian: magru (scn), màghiru (scn), màiru (scn), màuru (scn)
Swedish: mager (sv), tunn (sv), klen (sv), spinkig (sv)
Tagalog: payat
Thai: บาง (th) (baang), บางๆ (baang baang), ผอมบาง (pŏm baang), ผอม (th) (pɔ̌ɔm)
Turkish: ince (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: ضعیف (zaʼif), نازك (nâzik)
Ukrainian: худи́й (xudýj)
Vietnamese: ốm (vi), gầy (vi)
Walloon: tene (wa) m or f, maigue (wa) m or f, mwinre (wa) m or f
Welsh: tenau (cy)

of low viscosity or low specific gravity — see also watery,‎ liquid,‎ diluted,‎ rare,‎ clear,‎ nonviscous

Armenian: ջրիկ (hy) (ǰrik), նոսր (hy) (nosr)
Bashkir: шыйыҡ (şıyıq)
Bulgarian: рядък (bg) (rjadăk), разреден (bg) (razreden)
Burmese: ကျဲ (my) (kyai:)
Catalan: clar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 細 / 细 (zh) (xì)
Czech: řídký (cs) m
Danish: tynd (da)
Estonian: vedel, lahja (et)
Faroese: tunnur (fo)
Finnish: ohut (fi), laiha (fi)
French: liquide (fr)
German: dünn (de)
Greek: αραιός (el) (araiós)
Hungarian: híg (hu)
Icelandic: þunnur (is)
Ido: desdensa (io)
Ingrian: laiha
Japanese: 薄い (ja) (usui), 稀な (mare na)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شل (şil)
Latin: tenuis
Macedonian: редок m (redok)
Malay: cair (ms)
Manx: thanney, keyl
Mizo: dal
Mongolian: шингэн (mn) (šingen)
Navajo: tózháán
Norwegian: tynn (no)
Persian: رقیق (fa) (raqiq), شل (fa) (šol)
Polish: rzadki (pl)
Portuguese: tênue (pt)
Russian: жи́дкий (ru) (žídkij), разрежённый (ru) (razrežónnyj) (rarefied), ре́дкий (ru) (rédkij) (sparse), теку́чий (ru) (tekúčij)
Scottish Gaelic: lom
Spanish: no/poco/nada espeso
Ukrainian: рідки́й (ridkýj), розрі́джений (rozrídženyj), ненаси́чений (nenasýčenyj)
Vietnamese: loãng (vi)

scarce — see also rare,‎ rarified

Armenian: նոսր (hy) (nosr)
Bashkir: һирәк (heräk)
Bulgarian: оскъден (bg) (oskăden), малочислен (bg) (maločislen)
Danish: tynd (da)
Finnish: niukka (fi), harva (fi), vähälukuinen (fi)
Gagauz: siirek
German: schütter (de), dünn (de), licht (de), spärlich (de)
Greek: σπάνιος (el) (spánios)
Hungarian: gyér (hu), ritka (hu)
Ido: skarsa (io)
Irish: tearc
Japanese: 薄い (ja) (usui)
Kabuverdianu: magru, mógre
Macedonian: редок m (redok)
Manx: goan
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шуэ (šue), яжвака (jažvaka), йыжве-яжве (jyžve-jažve)

Western Mari: шоэ (šoe)
Mizo: vang
Persian: تنک (fa) (tonok)
Polish: rzadki (pl)
Portuguese: esparso (pt)
Russian: ре́дкий (ru) (rédkij)
Telugu: అరుదు (te) (arudu)
Walloon: clair (wa) m, claire (wa) f
Zazaki: tenek

golf: of a poorly played golf shot

Japanese: シャンクした (shanku shita)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "slim, narrow in size"

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} رَفِيع (rafīʕ), ^{(please verify)} رَقِيق (raqīq)
Aromanian: ^{(please verify)} subtsãre
Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} то́нкі (be) (tónki)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} moan (br)
Chamicuro: ^{(please verify)} na'sekolojka
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 薄 (zh) (báo), ^{(please verify)} 細 / 细 (zh) (xì), (skinny) ^{(please verify)} 瘦 (zh) (shòu)
Cornish: ^{(please verify)} moen, ^{(please verify)} tanow
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} dun (nl), ^{(please verify)} smal (nl), ^{(please verify)} slank (nl), (for air) ^{(please verify)} ijl (nl)
Friulian: ^{(please verify)} fin, ^{(please verify)} sutîl
German:
Old High German: ^{(please verify)} dunni
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} דק (he) (dak), ^{(please verify)} כחוש
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} पतला (hi) (patlā)
Indonesian: (of persons, etc.) ^{(please verify)} kurus (id), (of books, etc.) ^{(please verify)} tipis (id)
Interlingua: (slender) ^{(please verify)} tenue, (lean) ^{(please verify)} magre, (as of hair) ^{(please verify)} rar
Italian: ^{(please verify)} sottile (it), ^{(please verify)} magro (it)
Japanese: (of flat objects) ^{(please verify)} 薄い (ja) (usui), (of cylindrical objects, people) ^{(please verify)} 細い (ja) (hosoi)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 얇은 (ko) (yalbeun), (predicate) ^{(please verify)} 얇다 (ko) (yalda)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} باریک (barîk), ^{(please verify)} تەنِک (tenik)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} тенок m (tenok), ^{(please verify)} слаб m (slab)
Neapolitan: ^{(please verify)} sicco
Old Norse: ^{(please verify)} þunnr
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} subțire (ro), ^{(please verify)} slab (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} caol, (of hair) ^{(please verify)} gann
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} tanak (sh) m
Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} suttili (scn)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} mager (sv) (person or animal), ^{(please verify)} slank (sv) (person or animal), ^{(please verify)} smal (sv), ^{(please verify)} tunn (sv)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పలుచని (te) (palucani), ^{(please verify)} ఖచ్చితము (te) (khaccitamu)
Tswana: ^{(please verify)} -sesane
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} پتلا (patlā)
Vietnamese: (of people) ^{(please verify)} gầy (vi), (of object) ^{(please verify)} mỏng (vi)
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} gal-gal mirran, ^{(please verify)} lalam

Noun

thin (plural thins)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
chocolate mint thins

potato thins

wheat thins

Translations

loss of material

Finnish: ohentuma

food served in thin slices

Bulgarian: резен (bg) m (rezen)
Finnish: lastu (fi)

Verb

thin (third-person singular simple present thins, present participle thinning, simple past and past participle thinned)

(transitive) To make thin or thinner.
- 1941, Theodore Roethke, “Feud”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC, page 4:
  Exhausted fathers thinned the blood,
  You curse the legacy of pain;
  Darling of an infected brood,
  You feel disaster climb the vein.
(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
To dilute.
To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎^[4], archived from the original on 12 September 2015, page 3:
  So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next. Thinning early in the season, while the fruit is small, is ideal.

Derived terms

Translations

to make thinner

Aromanian: suptsãredz, minutedz
Bulgarian: изтънявам (bg) (iztănjavam)
Catalan: aprimar (ca)
Finnish: ohentaa (fi)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: λεπτύνω (leptúnō)
Icelandic: þynna, mjókka
Ido: dinigar (io)
Irish: séimhigh
Japanese: 削る (ja) (kezuru)
Macedonian: истенчува (istenčuva), тенчи (tenči)
Mizo: tidal
Portuguese: afinar (pt), adelgaçar (pt), afilar (pt)
Romanian: subția (ro)
Spanish: adelgazar (es)
Telugu: సాగగొట్టు (te) (sāgagoṭṭu)

to become thinner

Aromanian: slãghescu
Catalan: aprimar-se (ca)
Finnish: oheta (fi), ohentua (fi)
Icelandic: þynnast, mjókka
Ido: dineskar (io)
Japanese: (of persons, animal, etc.) 痩せる (ja) (yaseru)
Macedonian: ослабува (oslabuva), слабее (slabee), се истенчува (se istenčuva), се тенчи (se tenči)
Mizo: sawng
Portuguese: afinar (pt), adelgaçar (pt)
Romanian: slăbi (ro)
Spanish: adelgazar (es), ardalear (es), arralar (es), ralear (es)
Telugu: సన్నబడు (sannabaḍu)

to dilute

Bulgarian: разреждам (bg) (razreždam)
Danish: fortynde
Finnish: laimentaa (fi), laimentua (fi)
Icelandic: þynna
Japanese: 薄める (ja) (usumeru)
Macedonian: разредува (razreduva)
Mizo: tidal
Polish: rozcieńczyć (pl), rozrzedzić
Portuguese: diluir (pt)
Spanish: diluir (es)
Swedish: späda (sv)
Telugu: పలుచన చేయు (palucana cēyu)

to remove plants

Bulgarian: разреждам (bg) (razreždam)
Finnish: harventaa (fi)
Polish: przerzedzić
Spanish: entresacar (es)

Adverb

thin (comparative more thin, superlative most thin)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
seed sown thin
- a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
  Spain is a nation thin sown of people.

Anagrams

Nith, hint

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

thin (subjective pronoun þou)

alternative form of þin (“thy”)

Pronoun

thin (subjective þou)

alternative form of þin (“thine”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

thin

alternative form of thinne (“thin”)

Middle Norwegian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse þín.

Alternative forms

þin

Pronoun

thin

genitive of thu (“thou”)
Sidan er ver ritadom til þin i haust [...]
From the time when we wrote to you in autumn [...]

Declension

Middle Norwegian personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
singular	first person	second person	reflexive	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	thu	—	han	hon	that, thet
accusative	mik	thik	sik	han	hana	that, thet
dative	mer	ther	ser	honom	henne	th(v)i
genitive	min	thin	sin	hans	henna(r)	thess

dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit, mit	thit	—
accusative	okker	ykker	sik
dative	okker	ykker	ser
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sin

plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ver, mer	ther	—	their	thær	thau
accusative	oss	ydher	sik	tha	thær	thau
dative	oss	ydher	ser	theim	theim	theim
genitive	vaar	ydhar	sin	their(r)a	their(r)a	their(r)a

Usage notes

Merged with the accusative around the 15th and 16th centuries.

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse þínn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz (“thy”).

Alternative forms

þinn, þin
thinn

Determiner

thin (feminine thin, neuter thitt)

thy, thine
[...] paa thine vegne [...]
[...] on thy behalf [...]

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: din
Norwegian Bokmål: din

References

Diplomatarium Norvegicum
“din”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thin, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sin.

Noun

thin

liver

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þīn.

Determiner

thīn

thy, your (singular)
thine, yours

Inflection

Declension of **thin**
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	thīn	thīn	thīn
accusative	thīnin	thīna	thīn
genitive	thīnis	thīnro	thīnis
dative	thīnin	thīnro	thīnin
instrumental	thīnin	thīnro	thīnin

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	thīna	thīna	thīna
accusative	thīna	thīna	thīna
genitive	thīnro	thīnro	thīnro
dative	thīnon	thīnon	thīnon
instrumental	thīn-	thīn-	thīn-

Descendants

Middle Dutch: dijn
- Dutch: dijn
- Limburgish: dien

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

dīn

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þīn, whence also Old English þīn, Old High German dīn, Old Norse þinn.

Determiner

thīn

thy, your (singular)

Declension

Declension of thīn — Strong only

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	thīn	thīn, thīne	thīn
Accusative	thīnene, thīnne	thīne	thīn
Genitive	thīnes	thīnere, thīnre	thīnes
Dative	thīne	thīnere, thīnre	thīne
Plural
Nominative		thīne
Accusative		thīne
Genitive		thīnera, thīnra
Dative		thīne

Descendants

West Frisian: dyn

Pronoun

thīn

genitive of thū: thine (yours)

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū, hiō	hiā	hire, hiāre	hire, hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū, jō	jū, jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him, hirem, hiārem	hira, hiāra

Old High German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiːn/

Determiner

thīn

alternative form of dīn

References

Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎^[5], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *þīn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θiːn/
(late Old Saxon) IPA^(key): [ðiːn]

Determiner

thīn

thy, your (singular)
thine, yours

Declension

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Declension of thīn (strong only)

gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	thīn	thīna, thīne	thīn	thīn	thīn	thīn, thīne, thīna
accusative	thīnne, thīnan, thīnen, thīnon, thīnna	thīna, thīne	thīn	thīne, thīna	thīna, thīne	thīna
genitive	thīnes, thīnumu	thīnaro, thīnero	thīnes	thīnaro, thīnero, thīnoro	thīnaro, thīnera, thīnoro, thīnaro, thīnere	thīnaro, thīnero, thīnoro
dative	thīnum, thīnun, thīnon, thīnumu, thīnū, thīnemo	thīnun, thīnon, thīna	thīnum, thīnun, thīnon, thīnumu, thīnemo	thīnun, thīnon	thīnero, thīnaro, thīnera, thīnoro, thīnaru, thīneru, thīnera	thīnun, thīnon, thīnum

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition

Altsächsisches Elementarbuch by Dr. F. Holthausen

Etymology 2

See here.

Determiner

thin

instrumental singular masculine/neuter of thē

Welsh

Noun

thin

aspirate mutation of tin

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tin*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tin	din	nhin	thin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Saxon personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is

dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
dual	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka

plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

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Middle English

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Middle Norwegian

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Alternative forms

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References

Mizo

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Old Dutch

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Descendants

Further reading

Old Frisian

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Descendants

Pronoun

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Old High German

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

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References

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Determiner

Welsh

Noun

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