jämställd

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Swedish

Participle

jämställd

  1. past participle of jämställa

Adjective

jämställd (comparative mer jämställd, superlative mest jämställd)

  1. having equal opportunity between genders
  2. (somewhat dated) having equal opportunity in general
    Synonym: jämlik
    • 2024, Felicia Green, “Så lever ni i svenskan [How ni stays alive in Swedish]”, in Språktidningen, numbers 4–5, page 40:
      1960-talets du-reform markerar skiftet mellan dåtidens formella tilltalsformer – med titlar som direktören och majorskan eller omskrivningar som "Reses det direkt till Katrineholm?" för att undvika titelproblematiken – och nutidens jämställda duande.
      The du-reform of the 1960s marks the shift from the formal forms of address of the past – with titles like Director and Majoress or rephrasings like "Is Katrineholm the direct destination?" to avoid problems with titles – to the equal use of du of the present.

Declension

Inflection of jämställd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular jämställd
neuter singular jämställt
plural jämställda
masculine plural2 jämställde
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 jämställde
all jämställda

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.