dradige

Dradige is a Dutch adjective used to describe something that resembles or consists of threads. It conveys a threadlike, slender, fibrous, or filamentous appearance. The term can apply to materials such as textiles and fibers, to natural structures like plant filaments or root hairs, and to descriptive writing where a thing is characterized by fine strands or lines. In everyday speech it is less common, appearing more often in literary or technical contexts.

Etymology and form: Dradige is built from draad, meaning thread, with the adjectival suffix -ig, forming the base adjective dradig. Dradige is the attributive form used before a noun, following standard Dutch inflection (for example, dradige vezels, het dradige materiaal). In predicative position the base form is typically used, as in de vezels zijn dradig, where the fibers are described as threadlike.

Usage notes: The word is relatively rare outside technical or poetic contexts, where it may evoke a delicate, linear texture. It is closely related to, but more specific than, synonyms such as vezelig (fibrous) and draadachtig (threadlike). In some contexts, dradige can emphasize the presence of many fine strands or a visibly threadlike structure, rather than mere thinness.

See also: Draad, draadachtig, vezelig, filamentous. These terms cover related textures and structural descriptions in Dutch, ranging from general fibrousness to explicit threadlike form.