iaktta
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
iaktta (present tense iakttar, past tense iakttok, past participle iakttatt)
Related terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Verb
iaktta
- to watch, to observe
- Synonyms: lägga märke till, uppmärksamt följa, varsebliva
- to observe; to follow a custom or an order
Usage notes
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
Conjugation of iaktta (class 6 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | iaktta | iakttas | ||
| Supine | iakttagit | iakttagits | ||
| Imperative | iaktta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | iakttan | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | iakttar | iakttog | iakttas | iakttogs |
| Ind. plural1 | iaktta | iakttogo | iakttas | iakttogos |
| Subjunctive2 | iaktta | iakttoge | iakttas | iakttoges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | iakttagande | |||
| Past participle | iakttagen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of iakttaga (class 6 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | iakttaga | iakttagas | ||
| Supine | iakttagit | iakttagits | ||
| Imperative | iakttag | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | iakttagen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | iakttager | iakttog | iakttages | iakttogs |
| Ind. plural1 | iakttaga | iakttogo | iakttagas | iakttogos |
| Subjunctive2 | iakttage | iakttoge | iakttages | iakttoges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | iakttagande | |||
| Past participle | iakttagen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||