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tvungen

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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tvungen

  1. obligatory; obligate
  2. constrained, stiff

Swedish

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Etymology

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past participle of tvinga

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tvungen (not comparable)

  1. forced (by circumstances)
    Vi var tvungna att ge upp
    We had to give up
    (literally, “We were forced to give up”)

Declension

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Inflection of tvungen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tvungen
neuter singular tvunget
plural tvungna
masculine plural2 tvungne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tvungne
all tvungna

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.

Derived terms

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See also

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Participle

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tvungen

  1. past participle of tvinga

References

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