jämbördig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish iæmbyrdhoger. By surface analysis, jämn +‎ börd +‎ -ig, meaning "of equal birth". Cognate with Old Norse jafnborinn, German ebenbürtig, Old English efnbyrde.

Adjective

jämbördig (comparative jämbördigare, superlative jämbördigast)

1. equal

Declension

Inflection of jämbördig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	jämbördig	jämbördigare	jämbördigast
Neuter singular	jämbördigt	jämbördigare	jämbördigast
Plural	jämbördiga	jämbördigare	jämbördigast
Masculine plural3	jämbördige	jämbördigare	jämbördigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	jämbördige	jämbördigare	jämbördigaste
All	jämbördiga	jämbördigare	jämbördigaste
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

Synonyms

• likvärdig

Derived terms

• jämbördighet

References

• jämbördig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jämbördig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jämbördig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)