utjevning.
leveling, smoothing; the act of making something level, even, or smooth
Meaning & usage
leveling, smoothing; the act of making something level, even, or smooth
equalization; the act of removing, reducing, or evening out differences
Sosial utjevning var et viktig politisk mål.
the act of smoothing over, reducing, or eliminating conflicts or oppositions
Målet var en gradvis utjevning av motsetningene.
complete vowel assimilation in old likevektsord (“jamvekt words”) or jamvektsord (“words with jamvekt”), for example where Old Norse vika becomes vokko or vukku in Norwegian dialects
Når vokalene blir helt like, kalles det utjevning.
Where this word comes from
From utjevne (“to even out, level out; to equalize”) + -ing (“action/result-forming noun suffix”), equivalent to ut (“out”) + jevning (“leveling, evening; thickening mixture”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk utjamning, Swedish utjämning, Danish udjævning and Icelandic útjöfnun (“leveling, equalization”).
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