Jämnt

Jämnt is a Swedish word that functions as the neuter singular form of the adjective jämn, meaning even, level, or uniform. It also appears as an adverb meaning evenly or uniformly. In mathematics, ett jämnt tal refers to an even number; by contrast, ett udda tal is odd.

Grammatically, jämn has several forms. The base form jämn is used with en-words (en jämn yta). The neuter singular form jämnt is used with ett-words (ett jämnt underlag). For plural nouns the form is jämna (jämna ytor). The adverbial use, also jämnt, appears in expressions like fördelningen var jämnt fördelad, meaning evenly distributed. The comparative is jämnare and the superlative jämnast.

Common uses include describing surfaces (ytan är jämn), quantities or frequencies (en jämn fördelning), and mathematical parity (ett jämnt tal). The term can describe physical characteristics, distributions, and numerical properties, and it is frequent in technical and scientific contexts as well as everyday language.

Related lexical items include jämnhet (evenness) and jämlikhet (equality). The concept of jämnt is closely tied to ideas of balance and uniformity in Swedish, and its correct form depends on the grammatical gender and number of the noun it modifies.