gradbøje

Danish

Etymology

grad +‎ bøje

Verb

gradbøje

1. (grammar) to inflect with respect to degree

   gratis kan ikke gradbøjes - det giver ingen mening at tale om grader af "gratished".

   gratis cannot be compared - it makes no sense to speak of degrees of "gratisness".

2. (by extension) to relativize, to consider as a comparable property

   Det er fra tid til anden en udbredt holdning, at ytringsfrihed ikke kan gradbøjes; enten har man den eller ej.

   It is, from time to time, a prevalent opinion that freedom of expression cannot be relativized; you either have it or you don't.