Levedyktige

Levedyktige is a Norwegian adjective used to describe something that can live, grow, or sustain life, or more broadly, something that is feasible or workable. The root comes from leve or leve, meaning to live, combined with dyktig, meaning capable. The term is widely used in biology and agriculture, where it refers to cells, seeds, tissues, or organisms that are alive and able to divide or develop. Common phrases include levedyktige celler (viable cells) and levedyktige frø (viable seeds). In a laboratory context, levedyktighet or viability is assessed with assays that distinguish living from nonviable material.

Beyond biology, levedyktige is used abstractly to describe proposals, plans, or strategies that are realistically feasible and capable of success, i.e., viable solutions or viable projects. The expressions levedyktig løsning or et levedyktig prosjekt are common in discussions about budgets, implementation, and risk assessment.

Grammar: levedyktig is the singular form; levedyktige is the plural or the definite plural form (en levedyktig løsning vs flere levedyktige løsninger). The noun form levedyktighet means viability.

Etymology: composed of leve (to live) and dyktig (capable), the word has parallels in other Scandinavian languages.

See also: viability, cell viability, viability testing, levedyktighet.