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jævn

Pronunciation: /jɛvˀn/

“jævn” is a Danish word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. even, level
  2. smooth (food or drink: not grainy; having an even texture)
  3. thick (having a viscous consistency)
  4. steady
  5. even, regular
  6. plain, simple
  7. mediocre
  8. moderate

Etymology

From Old Danish iafn, iæfn, from Old Norse jafn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz (“even, level”), cognate with Swedish jämn, Norwegian Bokmål jevn, Norwegian Bokmål/Norwegian Nynorsk jamn, English even, Dutch even, effen, German eben.

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