Måttningen

Måttningen is a Swedish noun that refers to the act or result of measuring. Today the term is largely archaic or dialectal, and in standard Swedish the process is usually described as mätning. Måttningen appears mainly in historical texts, legal documents, and older technical writing.

The word is formed from mått, meaning measure, with the nominalising suffix -ningen. This reflects older spelling and usage patterns in Swedish, where the same concept could be expressed with variant forms. In contemporary language, the form måttningen is seldom used outside of quotations, dialectal speech, or scholarly discussion of historical sources.

Historically, måttningen described the procedure of determining precise dimensions, quantities, or extents in contexts such as surveying land, detailing architectural measurements, or recording inventories. In modern Swedish, such contexts are described with mätning or more specific terms, as måttningen is not part of everyday vocabulary. The term is of interest mainly to philologists, historians of science and language, andEditors working with older Swedish sources, where it provides insight into older measurement terminology and spelling conventions.