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proportionell

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French proportionnel. Doublet of proportional.

Adjective

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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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Swedish

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Etymology

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proportion +‎ -ell

Adjective

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proportionell

  1. proportional
    Något är (omvänt) proportionellt mot något annat
    Something is (inversely) proportional to something else

Declension

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Inflection of proportionell
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular proportionell
neuter singular proportionellt
plural proportionella
masculine plural2 proportionelle
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 proportionelle
all proportionella

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.

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