Synonyms: karig, schraal, schriel, schamel
| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /sxaːrs/ |
| Hyphenation | schaars |
| Positive | schaars |
|---|---|
| Comparative | schaarser |
| Superlative | meest schaars |
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predicative | schaars | schaarser | (het) meest schaars, (het) meest schaarse | |||
| Attributive | Indefinite | Masculine and feminine plural | schaarse | schaarsere | meest schaarse | |
| Indefinite singular | schaars | schaarser | meest schaars | |||
| Plural | schaarse | schaarsere | meest schaarse | |||
| Definite | schaarse | schaarsere | meest schaarse | |||
| Partitive | schaars | schaarsers | ||||
| Catalan | escàs; insuficient |
|---|---|
| English | in short supply; scanty; scarce; thin |
| Esperanto | malabunda |
| French | insuffisant; maigre; rare |
| German | karg; schmal; kärglich |
| Portuguese | escasso; insuficiente; raro |