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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French proportionnel. Doublet of proportional.
Adjective
proportionell (strong nominative masculine singular proportioneller, not comparable)
- (now chiefly Austria, Switzerland) proportional
- Synonym: proportional
1867, Karl Marx, Das Kapital , I: Der Produktionsprocess des Kapitals, Hamburg: Otto Meissner, page 56:Es folgt daher keineswegs, dass steigender Geldwerth proportionelles Sinken der Waarenpreise und fallender Geldwerth proportionelles Steigen der Waarenpreise bedingt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of proportionell (uncomparable)
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
proportion + -ell
Adjective
proportionell
- proportional
Declension
Inflection of proportionell
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Superlative2
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Common singular
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Neuter singular
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proportionellt
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Plural
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proportionella
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Masculine plural3
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proportionelle
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Definite
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Superlative
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Masculine singular1
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proportionelle
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All
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proportionella
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1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic
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