jämnårig

Swedish

Etymology

jämn (“even”) +‎ år (“year”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

jämnårig (not comparable)

  1. of the same age; beeing a peer
    Björn är jämnårig med Magnus
    Björn is the same age as Magnus
    Björn och Magnus är jämnåriga
    Björn and Magnus are the same age / peers

Declension

Inflection of jämnårig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular jämnårig — —
neuter singular jämnårigt — —
plural jämnåriga — —
masculine plural2 jämnårige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 jämnårige — —
all jämnåriga — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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