| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|
| Attributive form | maer |
|---|---|
| Comparative | maerder |
| Superlative | maerste |
| Albanian | hollë |
|---|---|
| Catalan | prim |
| Czech | štíhlý; tenký |
| Danish | mager; tynd |
| Dutch | dun; luchtig; mager; schraal; sprietig |
| English | lean; thin |
| English (Old English) | þynne |
| Esperanto | maldika; minca |
| Faeroese | klænur |
| French | mince |
| German | dünn |
| Greek | αδύνατος |
| Hawaiian | lahi |
| Hungarian | vékony |
| Icelandic | mjór; þunnur |
| Italian | sottile |
| Jamaican Patois | liin |
| Latin | petilus; gracilis |
| Low German | dünne |
| Luxemburgish | dënn |
| Malay | kurus; tipis; nipis |
| Norwegian | tynn |
| Papiamento | delegá; flako; flaku |
| Polish | cienki |
| Portuguese | delgado; delicado; fino |
| Russian | тонкий |
| Scottish Gaelic | tana |
| Spanish | fino |
| Sranan | fini |
| Swedish | smal; tunn |
| Thai | ผอม; บาง |
| West Frisian | tin |
| Yiddish | דין |