konstant

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Danish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

konstant (neuter konstant, plural and definite singular attributive konstante)

  1. constant, unchanging

Noun[edit]

konstant c (singular definite konstanten, plural indefinite konstanter)

  1. constant

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Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

konstant (genitive konstandi, partitive konstanti)

  1. constant

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading[edit]

  • konstant”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

18th century, borrowed from Latin cōnstāns.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔnˈstant/, (dated or southern) /kɔnˈʃtant/
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  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective[edit]

konstant (strong nominative masculine singular konstanter, comparative konstanter, superlative am konstantesten)

  1. constant, consistent, stable (proceeding regularly, without interruption, without ups and downs)
    Synonyms: stetig, gleichmäßig, regelmäßig
  2. (mathematics) constant

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Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • konstant” in Duden online
  • konstant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Adjective[edit]

konstant (neuter singular konstant, definite singular and plural konstante)

  1. constant

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Adjective[edit]

konstant (neuter singular konstant, definite singular and plural konstante)

  1. constant

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Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

konstant (comparative konstantare, superlative konstantast)

  1. constant, unvarying
    Temperaturen höll sig konstant, ungefär fem grader under noll
    The temperature kept steady, about five degrees below zero (freezing)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of konstant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular konstant konstantare konstantast
Neuter singular konstant konstantare konstantast
Plural konstanta konstantare konstantast
Masculine plural3 konstante konstantare konstantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 konstante konstantare konstantaste
All konstanta konstantare konstantaste
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

Noun[edit]

konstant c

  1. (algebra) constant; a fixed quantity

Declension[edit]

Declension of konstant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative konstant konstanten konstanter konstanterna
Genitive konstants konstantens konstanters konstanternas

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