gelijkmatigere

Gelijkmatigere is the comparative form of the Dutch adjective gelijkmatig, which translates as “even,” “regular,” or “uniform” in English. In Dutch grammar, adjectives form comparatives by adding the suffix ‑er to the base form, often accompanied by an optional –​e ending when the adjective precedes a noun that requires agreement in gender and number. Consequently, gelijkmatig becomes gelijkmatig‑er, and when used attributively it appears as gelijkmatige­re (e.g., een gelijkmatigere verdeling – “a more even distribution”).

The term is used in a variety of contexts, from describing physical phenomena such as the consistent flow of water or the uniform texture of a material, to abstract applications like balanced economic growth, equitable resource allocation, or steady performance metrics. In technical writing, gelijkmatigere can qualify measurements that exhibit reduced variance or improved regularity, for example, a gelijkmatigere spanning in electrical engineering denotes a voltage that fluctuates less.

Linguistically, the comparative follows standard Dutch syntactic rules: it may be preceded by the adverb ‘nog’ (still) to form a superlative‑like construction (nog gelijkmatigere), or combined with ‘dan’ to introduce a comparison (gelijkmatigere dan de vorige versie). The corresponding superlative is gelijkmatigst. The word is cognate with German gleichmäßig and shares the same Indo‑European root meaning “same” or “equal.”