homogen

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See also: homogén

Danish

Adjective

homogen (neuter homogent, plural and definite singular attributive homogene)

  1. homogeneous

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁμογενής (homogenḗs, of the same kind), from ὁμός (homós, same) + γένος (génos, kind). Equivalent to homo- +‎ -gen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhomoˈɡeːn/
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  • Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧gen

Adjective

homogen (strong nominative masculine singular homogener, comparative homogener, superlative am homogensten)

  1. homogeneous (having the same composition throughout)

Declension

Further reading

  • homogen” in Duden online
  • homogen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From homo- +‎ -gen.

Adjective

homogen (neuter singular homogent, definite singular and plural homogene)

  1. homogeneous

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From homo- +‎ -gen.

Adjective

homogen (neuter singular homogent, definite singular and plural homogene)

  1. homogeneous

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xômoɡeːn/
  • Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧gen

Adjective

hȍmogēn (Cyrillic spelling хо̏моге̄н, definite hȍmogēnī, comparative homogeniji)

  1. homogeneous

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

homogen (comparative homogenare, superlative homogenast)

  1. homogeneous
    Antonym: heterogen

Inflection

Inflection of homogen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular homogen homogenare homogenast
neuter singular homogent homogenare homogenast
plural homogena homogenare homogenast
masculine plural2 homogene homogenare homogenast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 homogene homogenare homogenaste
all homogena homogenare homogenaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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