English-Danish translations for thin

• tynd
  "Slim« på engelsk betyder på nederlandsk tynd. The English 'slim' means 'thin' in Dutch.
  At være besat af at være tynd er lige så sundhedsskadeligt som at trøstespise. An obsession with being thin is as bad for health as compulsive eating.
  Jeg er ikke i tvivl om, at vi med Deres ledelse vil komme ud på meget tynd is. I have no doubt your leadership will have us all skating on very thin ice.
• få
  Der er ofte for få menneskelige ressourcer i forhold til de store støttebeløb, der skal forvaltes. Human resources are too thin in relation to the volume of aid that we are supposed to manage.
  Her er beslutningerne få, lovgivningen beskeden og støtten nærmest usynlig. In this area, decisions lack courage, laws are thin on the ground and support is virtually non-existent.
  Ordføreren har anført nogle få, men så meget desto vigtigere tal i sin betænkning. The rapporteur has included figures in his report which are all the more significant for being so thin on the ground.
• fortynde

Definition of thin

• Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
• Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions
• Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt
• Of low viscosity or low specific gravity
• Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space
• Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe
• Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering
• A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole
• To make thin or thinner
• To dilute
• Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state

Examples

• thin plate of metal;  thin paper;  thin board;  thin covering
• thin wire;  thin string
• thin person
• Water is thinner than honey.
• The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
• a thin disguise
• chocolate mint thins
• potato thins
• The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
• seed sown thin

Related words

• good-for-nothing
• something
• thing
• think
• everything
• nothing
• within
• bathing
• thinner