sammenlignet

Sammenlignet is the past participle and a common adjective form of the Danish and Norwegian verb sammenligne, meaning to compare. In English it is translated as "compared" or "in comparison." The word is used when two or more items, datasets, results, or observations are placed side by side for analysis or evaluation.

As a past participle, sammenlignet participates in tense constructions and can also function in predicative or descriptive clauses. A widely used expression is the preposition combination sammenlignet med, meaning "in comparison with." Examples include Danish: "Resultaterne er blevet sammenlignet med tallene fra i fjor," and Norwegian: "Resultatene er sammenlignet med i fjorårets tall." The form is used without changing ending for the gender or number when used in complex tenses in these languages.

Etymologically, sammenlignet comes from sam- (together) and ligne (to resemble or to line up), reflecting the notion of placing items side by side for evaluation. The related noun is sammenligning, which denotes the act or result of comparing.

Usage of sammenlignet spans various domains, including statistics, science, journalism, and everyday language, wherever a direct comparison between items or sets of data is necessary. It is common in formal writing to describe results that have been analyzed by comparing them to a reference or previous data. The word is orthographically identical in Danish and Norwegian, though pronunciation and idiomatic usage may differ between the languages.