jämngammal

Swedish

Alternative forms

• jämgammal

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish iämgamal. By surface analysis, jämn +‎ gammal.

Adjective

jämngammal (comparative mer jämngammal, superlative mest jämngammal)

1. equally old, of the same age

Declension

Inflection of jämngammal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	jämngammal	mer jämngammal	mest jämngammal
Neuter singular	jämngammalt	mer jämngammalt	mest jämngammalt
Plural	jämngamla	mer jämngamla	mest jämngamla
Masculine plural3	jämngamle	mer jämngamla	mest jämngamla
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	jämngamle	mer jämngamle	mest jämngamle
All	jämngamla	mer jämngamla	mest jämngamla
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

Further reading

• jämngammal in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker