proportionell

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French proportionnel. Doublet of proportional.

Adjective

proportionell (strong nominative masculine singular proportioneller, not comparable)

  1. (now chiefly Austria, Switzerland) proportional
    Synonym: proportional
    • 1867, Karl Marx, Das Kapital [] , I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals, Hamburg: Otto Meissner, page 56:
      Es folgt daher keineswegs, dass steigender Geldwerth proportionelles Sinken der Waarenpreise und fallender Geldwerth proportionelles Steigen der Waarenpreise bedingt.
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Declension

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

proportion + -ell

Adjective

proportionell

  1. proportional

Declension

Inflection of proportionell
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular proportionell
Neuter singular proportionellt
Plural proportionella
Masculine plural3 proportionelle
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 proportionelle
All proportionella
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

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