Subtle

"Subtle" in Finnish

hieno

(of a substance: finely powdered)

hienoinen

(of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable — see also inconspicuous, unintrusive)

hienoinen

(of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious)

hienojakoinen

(of a substance: finely powdered)

hienovarainen

(of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable — see also inconspicuous, unintrusive)

hienovarainen

(of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious)

hienovaraiset

(people or things that are subtle as a class)

hienovaraistaa

(to make (something) subtle)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.