harige

Harige is a Dutch adjective meaning hairy, or covered with hair. It is the inflected form of harig used before a noun in standard Dutch; the base form harig appears in predicate position or in other grammatical contexts. For example, you say een harige hond (a hairy dog) or de harige vos (the hairy fox). In predicative constructions you would typically say de hond is harig rather than de hond is harige. The form harige is therefore part of normal agreement: the -e ending marks the attributive position before a common noun with a definite or indefinite determiner in many singular and plural contexts.

Harige describes beings with fur or hair, such as honden, katten, vossen, as well as non-living objects that have hair or hair-like features, like harige vachten or harige vezels. The term is used across everyday language, education, and literature, and is not tied to a specific technical domain; more formal or precise alternatives include behaard.

Etymology: Harig derives from Old Dutch harig, related to haar meaning hair, with the modern Dutch suffix -ig forming adjectives. Harige aligns with standard Dutch rules for attributive adjective inflection, and is a routine part of everyday vocabulary when describing hairiness.

See also: Haar, Behaard, Harig.