jamning

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjam.nɪŋ/ Rhymes: -amnɪŋ Hyphenation: jam‧ning === Etymology 1 === From jamne (“to level, smooth; to thicken”) +‎ -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk jamning, Swedish jämning and Danish jævning (“leveling; thickening mixture”). ==== Alternative forms ==== jevning (more common form in the general senses) ==== Noun ==== jamning f or m (definite singular jamninga or jamningen, indefinite plural jamninger, definite plural jamningene) leveling, evening; the act of making something level, even, or smooth a thickening mixture, especially of flour and water, butter, or similar, used to thicken a sauce, soup, or similar (linguistics) vowel assimilation between the vowel of the root syllable and the final syllable in a jamvektsord (“word with jamvekt”) Tiljamning og utjamning er to typer jamning. ― Partial jamning and complete jamning are two types of jamning. ==== Derived terms ==== tiljamning (“partial jamning”) utjamning (“complete jamning”) ==== Related terms ==== jamvekt (“equal stress distribution; equilibrium, balance”) jamvektsord (“word with jamvekt”) === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Norse jafningi (“peer, equal”), from jafn (“even, equal”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk jamning, jevning, Icelandic jafningi (“peer, equal”), and Old Danish jafning (“peer, equal”). ==== Alternative forms ==== jevning ==== Noun ==== jamning m (definite singular jamningen, indefinite plural jamninger, definite plural jamningene) a person of the same rank, standing, or status; an equal, a peer === References === “jamning” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “jamning” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Swedish == === Etymology === From jama +‎ -ning. === Noun === jamning c meowing ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “jamning”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === majning