vékony

Vékony is a Hungarian adjective meaning “thin” or “slim.” It describes objects with small thickness and people with slender builds, as well as non-physical senses such as a thin margin or a narrow window of opportunity. The opposite word is vastag, meaning “thick.” In everyday speech vékony covers both physical and figurative thinness, and it can modify nouns directly or be used predicatively after a linking verb, as in “A fal vékony” or “Ez a ruha vékony.”

Grammatically, vékony is a standard adjective: it agrees with the noun in number and case and forms comparatives with -abb/-ebb and the superlative with leg-. Examples include vékonyabb and legvékonyabb. Comparative or superlative constructions are common in phrases like “A fal vékonyabb, mint az ajtó” (The wall is thinner than the door) and “a legvékonyabb anyag” (the thinnest material).

Vékony is a native Hungarian word and part of the language’s core vocabulary; it is not generally considered borrowed from other languages. Its usage spans everyday description as well as technical or literary prose, enabling both concrete and figurative expressions of thinness.

Vékony is also used as a Hungarian surname.