jämn
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish iæmpn, from Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Compare Danish jævn, Norwegian Bokmål jevn, Norwegian Nynorsk jamn, Faroese javnur, Icelandic jafn, English even, Dutch even, effen, German eben.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
jämn (comparative jämnare, superlative jämnast)
- (mathematics, about numbers) even; divisible by 2
- (mathematics, about functions) even; a function of one variable such that f(-x)=f(x).
- smooth, even
Declension
| Inflection of jämn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | jämn | jämnare | jämnast |
| Neuter singular | jämnt | jämnare | jämnast |
| Plural | jämna | jämnare | jämnast |
| Masculine plural3 | jämne | jämnare | jämnast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | jämne | jämnare | jämnaste |
| All | jämna | jämnare | jämnaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
- dra jämnt
- fylla jämnt
- inte mer än jämnt
- jämn funktion
- jämna pengar
- jämnmod
- jämnt skägg
- jämnårig
- låta udda vara jämnt
- med jämna mellanrum
- nätt och jämnt
- väga jämnt
Further reading
- jämn in Svensk ordbok.
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