kongruens

See also: kongruens'

Danish

Etymology

From German Kongruenz, from Latin congruentia, from congruēns, the present active participle of congruere (to unite, combine, agree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔnɡruɛns/, [kʰʌŋɡ̊ʁuˈɛnˀs]

Noun

kongruens c (singular definite kongruensen, plural indefinite kongruenser)

  1. congruity
  2. (geometry) congruence (being roughly the same size and shape)
  3. (grammar) concord (agreement of words with one another)

Inflection

Declension of kongruens
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kongruens kongruensen kongruenser kongruenserne
genitive kongruens' kongruensens kongruensers kongruensernes

References

Swedish

Noun

kongruens c

  1. (mathematics) congruence

Declension