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egenskaben

Egenskaben is a noun in Danish and Norwegian that corresponds to the English word “the property,” “the characteristic,” or “the attribute.” It denotes a feature or quality that belongs to a person, object, or concept and can be used to describe, classify, or distinguish it. The term appears in everyday speech as well as in technical discourse across disciplines, where it signals what something is like or what it can do.

In philosophy and logic, egenskaben refers to a property or predicate that can be ascribed to an

Grammatically, egenskaben is the definite singular form of the noun egenskap. The definite form marks a specific

See also: egenskap, egenskaper, property, attribute.

entity.
In
science
and
mathematics,
it
is
used
to
name
properties
of
objects
or
systems,
such
as
the
continuity
of
a
function
or
the
color
of
a
material.
In
computer
science
and
data
modeling,
egenskaben
(the
plural)
correspond
to
attributes
or
fields
of
an
object
or
record.
The
notion
helps
separate
intrinsic
features
from
particular
instances.
property,
as
in
“the
property
being
discussed.”
The
indefinite
form
is
egenskap,
and
plural
forms
vary
by
language
(egenskaber
in
Danish;
egenskaper
in
Norwegian).