frekvent

Frekvent is an adjective used in Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish to describe something that occurs often or with high frequency. In formal and technical language it can denote repeated occurrences over time, rather than a one-off event. In everyday Norwegian frekvent is less common than hyppig but appears in written style, research, and policy texts.

Etymology: The word stems from Latin frequent-, meaning crowded or often, and has entered the Nordic languages via French and English. The related noun frekvens means frequency; frekvent describes the characteristic of occurring frequently.

Usage and nuance: Frekvent emphasizes regular recurrence and pattern, especially in data, traffic, or atferd. For example: frekvent mønster means a frequent pattern; frekvent forekomst means a frequent occurrence. It is not always interchangeable with ofte or ofte i hverdagsbruk, but in technical writing it marks a higher level of regularity.

In science and statistics: Frekvent is common in descriptions of phenomena with high incidence. The noun frekvens is used to quantify how often something happens per unit of time or space, for example the frequency of events, signal frequency, or sampling frequency.

See also: frekvens; hyppighet; ofte.